Buy Common Paw Paw at TN Nursery. Asimina Triloba is a small tree to 25 ft (7.6 m) tall with big drooping tropical-looking leaves. These are up to a 1 ft (0.3 m) long and turn brown and gold in autumn. The maroon flowers about 1-2 in (2.5-5 cm) across appear before the leaves in spring growing right out of the smooth gray bark of the previous season's growth. The greenish fruits are shaped like bananas or mangos. They are 3-6 in (7.6-15 cm) long and hang in clusters with 2 to 9 per cluster. When ripe the fruit tastes like a creamy mixture of banana and pineapple.
This small tree like shrub will look wonderful on your lawn or in your flowerbeds. It will also provide you with a wonderful tasting fruit.
This shrub will add beauty and color to your lawn and flowerbeds. It will provide your beautiful maroon flowers and will also bring you color during the autumn months with brown and gold leaves.
Zone 5-10