The time of year is nearing when the pawpaw (Asimina triloba) fruit will ripen and those lucky enough to have access to the fruit (and beat the wildlife to the ripened fruit) will enjoy a once-a-year ...

Looking to plant something unusual, easy to grow and exotically delicious? Let me introduce you to Asimina triloba, the pawpaw tree. Also known as Hoosier banana, poor man’s banana and false banana, ...

From a botanical perspective, the pawpaw, Asimina triloba, is actually really special as it is the only member of the custard-apple family adapted to growing outside of the tropics in our temperate ...

Pawpaw fruits are the largest native tree fruit in North America and will be ripening in the coming month or so across central Illinois. Pawpaw flowers emerge in very early spring with a fragrance ...

The pawpaw (from the Arawakan word for papaya, although unrelated) can grow either individually, or in thickets of fruit producing trees. The range of this North American fruit is likely due to ...

This Gardening News column is from the online archives of The Star of North Augusta, a collection of more than 25,000 articles published from October 2007 to February 2022. Many people grew up singing ...