NUTRITIOUS AND DELICIOUS LARGE PAWPAW FRUIT
FEATURES:
- A specialty variety of Neal Peterson
- Velvet burgundy flowers bloom in spring
- Produces large and flavorful green fruits that are sweet and have a custard-like flesh
- Long, dark green foliage covers the tree in spring and summer
- By fall, the leaves turn a golden yellow
- Disease and pest resistant
- Hand Selected, Fresh from the Grower
- Ships on our trucks because of the size of the tree - does not fit in a box
Growth Facts
- Hardiness Zone: 5-9
- Mature Height: 15-20' tall
- Mature Width: 15-20' wide
- Exposure: Full Sun/Part Shade
- Spacing: 15-20' apart
Shenandoah® Pawpaw
Bower & Branch Trees and Plants
Asimina triloba 'Shenandoah'
Regular price
1(866) 873-3888
NUTRITIOUS AND DELICIOUS LARGE PAWPAW FRUIT
FEATURES:
- A specialty variety of Neal Peterson
- Velvet burgundy flowers bloom in spring
- Produces large and flavorful green fruits that are sweet and have a custard-like flesh
- Long, dark green foliage covers the tree in spring and summer
- By fall, the leaves turn a golden yellow
- Disease and pest resistant
- Hand Selected, Fresh from the Grower
- Ships on our trucks because of the size of the tree - does not fit in a box
Growth Facts
- Hardiness Zone: 5-9
- Mature Height: 15-20' tall
- Mature Width: 15-20' wide
- Exposure: Full Sun/Part Shade
- Spacing: 15-20' apart
Why plant Shenandoah® Pawpaw?
Shenandoah® Pawpaw is here to bring you some of the largest, tastiest pawpaw fruit out of all pawpaw varieties. Grab a spoon and a comfy chair as you slice open one of Shenandoah's large fruits to enjoy under the shade of the pawpaw leaves. Enjoy the burst of vanilla-custard flavor that is sure to entice and excite your tastebuds. You'll want to hope for a hot summer, though; pawpaws require a long hot summer for the fruit to ripen perfectly for eating!
Way down yonder in the Pawpaw patch... so goes the old folk song celebrating this beloved native plant, which has a long history in America. Pawpaw was valued in ancient times by Native Americans, and the delicious fruits later nourished European settlers and explorers like Lewis and Clark. Human aren’t the only ones who delight in this yummy fruit treat—wildlife love pawpaws, too. The foliage feeds the young of the dazzling white, black, and red zebra swallowtail butterfly. In fact, Pawpaw is the ONLY thing that zebra swallowtail caterpillars will eat, which is reason enough to grow this splendid tree.
How to use Shenandoah® Pawpaw in the landscape?
Potomac is a specialty variety of Neal Peterson. Neal Peterson is a well-known Pawpaw breeder, and is revered as one of the top horticulturists for Asimina triloba. A Peterson variety of Pawpaw means its more reliable, tastier, and guaranteed superior quality.
You'll want to make sure you don't hurt yourself when helping yourself to the fresh, ripe fruits from the Shenandoah® Pawpaw tree! Each fruit produced by this tree can weigh up to 1 pound apiece; that's a lot of fruit! Shenandoah® Pawpaw is a mid-season producer which will provide you with flavorful, sweet fruit with a custard-like texture. Did you know: consuming pawpaw fruit that is not fully ripe could cause some digestion pain; make sure that the fruit is ripe before consuming!
Planting Zones
Hardiness Zone: 4-9
How To Plant Shenandoah® Pawpaw
Pawpaw’s home in the wild is at forest edges or in the woodland understory, and it appreciates similar conditions in the landscape. It is happiest in a site with rich, organic-laden, well-drained soil and a generous layer of mulch. It flourishes in shade but will tolerate full sun if it is shaded for the first few years and if regular irrigation can be provided. This tree doesn’t like constantly soggy soil, but it doesn’t like to dry out, either.
How To Water
Be sure to give your Shenandoah® Pawpaw a deep watering when freshly planted! Pawpaw trees will need roughly around an inch of water a week. Make sure to keep the surrounding soil moist throughout the growing season.
How To Fertilize
For a wonderful production of fruits, fertilize your Shenandoah® Pawpaw twice each year - once in spring, then again in fall. We recommend using our Elements Starter Plant Food in granular form to give your plant the boost it needs!
How To Prune
Suckers may appear around the tree—this is simply Pawpaw’s natural growth habit. You may pull or mow off the suckers to maintain the tree as a single-trunked specimen, or you may let them grow to allow a Pawpaw patch of your own to form.
How Does Shipping Work?
Bower & Branch Trees, the real BIG trees, don’t fit in a box! Our big trees, sizes XL and bigger, require expert delivery and care, that means our extra-large trees are shipped on Bower & Branch trucks. We are the only ones who know how to ship our big and bigger trees and plants with tender loving care. We deliver your trees and plants directly to you. Ask Bower & Branch about planting services – we'd be happy to assist in installation.
*For Big trees and Shrubs, Size XL and bigger: Review our Seasonal Shipping Timelines and Policy here.
Your trees and plants are grown across the United States at various Bower & Branch Growers. Depending on your location, your plant orders may be shipped from various locations. Please expect orders with multiple items to be delivered over a number of days as a result. Orders made up of numerous items or selections will not arrive at your home on the same day.
Shipping Delays:
From time to time, Bower & Branch Growers may determine to delay order shipment based on various factors for plant health. Weather in your region, as well as, where your plants are grown, is always considered when shipping. Extreme weather conditions may delay some or all of your order. Bower & Branch allows our Growers to make final shipping decisions based solely to benefit your trees and plants’ health and success.
How Does Sizing Work?
The size of our trees have nothing to do with the container size like you may find elsewhere–big doesn't mean just height - it’s also vigor, age, and overall health. Other online retailers are going to tell you that a plant is a seven gallon, that means nothing to your tree or plant (or you.)
Our trees for sale online are graded on large, x-large, and even bigger sizes. This is because our trees are sized by their age—the higher the letter, the more mature the tree. The age determines the trees’ overall height, size of the trunk and the overall branch density.
All of these characteristics are what you should be looking for when choosing a tree for immediate impact and instant curb appeal. Our extra-large tree and plant sizes are sure to wow you and your neighbors!
See the size guides below.
Our Guarantees
3-YEAR-TREE GUARANTEE:
Bower & Branch offers a Three-Year Tree Guarantee on all of our trees, sizes X-Large and up. Only the finest and the most experienced growers are awarded the opportunity to grow for Bower & Branch, so we offer the best guarantee available.
If your tree(s) should fail for any reason during the three-year guarantee period, you will receive an online gift card in the amount that you originally spent on the tree.* You can then use this online gift card for any Bower & Branch Purchase.
* Bower & Branch provides online gift cards in the amount of the original purchase price of the tree(s). The amount does not include any additional costs such as delivery, planting, tax, or any other products or services. Online gift cards can be applied towards any Bower & Branch purchase on BowerandBranch.com and have no expiration dates. Bower & Branch does not guarantee tree replacement or availability of any desired product at any time. Cash refunds are not offered. Bower & Branch requires that all original tags and receipts are present when a guarantee request is initiated. The Bower & Branch Three-Year Guarantee only applies to plant material that has been planted in the ground. Container plantings are NOT covered.
At Bower & Branch, we do our best to honor all guarantee fulfillment requests to ensure customer satisfaction. However, we reserve the right to refuse the request if the required guarantee steps were not satisfied. Bower & Branch also reserves the right to deny any guarantee fulfillment request that is made as a result of animal damage, problems with plant hardiness and zone issues, or acts of nature (snow storms, hurricanes, and similar).
Reach out to a Plant Whisperer with any questions:
- Email: plantwhisperers@bowerandbranch.com
- Phone: 866-873-3888
- Or via Online Chat
