Photo credit
(c) Bill Keim, some rights reserved (CC BY), CC BY 4.0, Original photo
Care
- Avoid permanently wet soil.
Common Pawpaw
Asimina triloba
Its plant group hosts 15 kinds of caterpillars
- Flower color
- Brown/copper, purple or red
- Bloom
- March to May
- Leaves
- Deciduous
- Height
- 15–30 feet
- Spread
- 15–30 feet
- Light
- Deep shade to full sun
- Soil moisture
- Usually moist
Typical bloom time. A plant at the store may not be in flower.
- Containers
- Not listed by our container sources
Native to Mississippi (estimated from a regional flora)