Prolific Paw Paw

Scientific Name: Asimina triloba 'Prolific'

Plant type

tree, fruit / vegetable

size

H: 15'-30'
W: 15'-30'

planting zones

5a-9b

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Prolific Paw Paw plant details

Prolific Paw Paw is a broadleaf deciduous fruit / vegetable or tree with green foliage. In spring burgundy flowers emerge followed by green and yellow fruit. Attracts bees and butterflies making it an excellent addition to pollinator gardens. Grows well with sun - dappled shade and even moisture - regular water. Does well in average, rich and well-drained soil. A good option if you're seeking something heat tolerant, humidity tolerant and verticillium wilt resistant.

CHARACTERISTICS OF Prolific Paw Paw

Plant type: fruit / vegetable or tree
Plant family: annonaceae
Foliage: deciduous green
Mature size: 15 FT - 30 FT - wide, 15 FT - 30 FT - tall
Flowers: burgundy blooms in spring
Uses: black walnut tolerant, early-ripening, edible, rain garden, tropical-looking

GROWING CONDITIONS for Prolific Paw Paw

USDA Zones: 5a - 9b
Sun exposure: sun - dappled shade
Watering frequency: even moisture - regular
Resistant to: heat, humidity and verticillium wilt
Soil needs: average, rich and well-drained

Nursery contributed plant descriptions

Asimina triloba 'Prolific' is a precocious tree often bearing fruit just two years after planting! It is early ripening and produces abundant crops of medium to large, sweet, tasty fruit. Paw paw is an intriguing eastern North American (including southern Ontario) understorey tree with large, beautiful, subtropical foliage, red flowers and sweet, custardy fruits with a unique flavour like banana, mango and cantaloupe! All plants will produce fruit but you need two different seedlings or cultivars for cross pollination.

By: Phoenix Perennials and Specialty Plants Ltd.

A precocious bearer of fruit! This cultivar will bear its delicious, almost tropical, banana/mango flavored fruits at just two years of age. Large glossy leaves also give this fine eastern United States native a tropical look even though it is quite hardy. Russet colored fleshy blooms give way to large yellow-green fruits in fall. Autumn color is a wonderfully rich bright-yellow. This cultivar requires another variety for cross-pollination. Pawpaw trees provide the larval food of Zebra Swallowtail butterflies. PSh-S/M

By: Forestfarm

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How to Grow Prolific Paw Paw

Sun Exposure
- sun - dappled shade
Water Needs
- even moisture - regular
Soil Needs
- average
- well-drained
- rich
Special Situation
- heat tolerant
- humidity tolerant
- verticillium wilt resistant