The Sunflower Pawpaw tree (Asimina triloba 'Sunflower') is a unique ornamental and fruiting native tree with loads of benefits to your health and your landscape!

Exotic green foliage and wonderfully shaped trees feature unusual spring blooms that are 6 petaled and burgundy red, fragrant and attract a host of pollinators! Unfortunately, these pollinators do not do the job for pollination, so plant another variety of Pawpaw or use a paintbrush for hand pollination.

Pawpaw tree fruit of this hidden gem is an oblong yellow and smooth-skinned, creamy treat that’s as sweet as candy! Create wonderful jelly, baked goods, ice cream and of course, perfect to eat fresh out of the skin! The custard-like fruit has tropical notes of banana and mango.

Planting and Application:

These are fantastic ornamental trees for front and back yard landscaping! Provide shade over garden beds and seating areas, or anchor your front foundation plantings! Just be sure to still be able to reach your large harvest of healthy fruit.

Wildlife love Pawpaws, Sunflower is one of many hardy natives that thrive in a wide range of conditions throughout USDA growing zones 5 through 9.

• Produces high-yields and a longer fruiting season than other Pawpaws
• Native deciduous tree with pungent foliage
• Unique fragrant burgundy blooms
• Unusual oblong yellow fruit that’s creamy and sweet
• Great golden sunflower yellow fall color!

#ProPlantTips for Care:

Provide this tough native tree a full sun location, though young trees prefer partial shade, you’ll get a much larger crop in full sun once they do start producing fruit.

Plant in slightly acidic soil that is very well-drained, rich loam and moist, tolerating occasional wet soil but never long-term soggy conditions.

• Prefer very highly enriched, organic matter and a thick layer of mulch over the roots
• Like wild Pawpaw trees, Sunflower is naturally pest and disease resistant
• These trees love humidity and sun
• No room for 2 trees for pollination? Try this High-Density planting trick.
• Paw Paws trees can take 4-5 years before their first crop, luckily NatureHills.com trees are already nearly 3 years old or more!

Head over to NatureHills.com to find the Sunflower Pawpaw and a pollinator species today! You’ll enjoy this unique native fruit tree for all your ornamental landscaping needs!