I just moved to Kentucky from Oregon. I'm really getting into these Paw Paws, have discovered a bunch in my woods after buying a couple of trees of course. Haven't tried them yet, can't wait! Do you know which variety/ies grow wild around here? I notice they don't all look the same (some have lots of small leaves, others big. Most sprawl out like a bush). Thanks
The common pawpaw (Asimina triloba) is native to the Midwest including Kentucky so that is the species you’ll find growing around here. The named cultivars (“Wabash”, “Shenandoah”, “Sunflower”, etc.) have been selected by human growers for desirable traits, but they are all fundamentally still A. triloba. It’s possible you could get ecotype variation amongst native trees within the species range (this happens with American persimmon, for example). There are other species within the Asimina genus - including a rare endemic, A. tetramera or four-petal pawpaw, which is an endangered fire-adapted species that only grows in certain coastal dunes in Florida. But in Kentucky if you see a pawpaw growing wild it’s Asimina triloba.
beautiful place thanks
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Persimmon vs PawPaw. FIGHT!
I just moved to Kentucky from Oregon. I'm really getting into these Paw Paws, have discovered a bunch in my woods after buying a couple of trees of course. Haven't tried them yet, can't wait! Do you know which variety/ies grow wild around here? I notice they don't all look the same (some have lots of small leaves, others big. Most sprawl out like a bush). Thanks
Wild trees aren't named!
The common pawpaw (Asimina triloba) is native to the Midwest including Kentucky so that is the species you’ll find growing around here. The named cultivars (“Wabash”, “Shenandoah”, “Sunflower”, etc.) have been selected by human growers for desirable traits, but they are all fundamentally still A. triloba. It’s possible you could get ecotype variation amongst native trees within the species range (this happens with American persimmon, for example). There are other species within the Asimina genus - including a rare endemic, A. tetramera or four-petal pawpaw, which is an endangered fire-adapted species that only grows in certain coastal dunes in Florida. But in Kentucky if you see a pawpaw growing wild it’s Asimina triloba.