Asimina triloba ‘Overleese’
Asimina triloba 'Overleese' is a very productive early ripener with large, sweet, 6 oz fruits with a delicious tropical taste.
Asimina triloba ‘Overleese’ is a very productive early ripener with large, sweet, 6 oz fruits with a delicious tropical taste. The flesh is creamy, yellow-orange, and with few seeds. It is an older variety selected in the 1950s but still very well regarded. Paw paw is an intriguing eastern North American (including southern Ontario) understorey tree with large, beautiful, subtropical foliage, red flowers and sweet, custardy fruits with a unique flavour like banana, mango and cantaloupe! All plants will produce fruit but you need two different plants for cross pollination.
Common Name: Paw Paw - [Citrus Pre-Order]
Family: Annonaceae (The Custard Apple Family)
Zone Hardiness: 5-9
Light: Full Sun, Part Sun
Height: 10-15'
Width: 5-8'
Primary Bloom Colour: Burgundy
Secondary Bloom Colour: Red
Bloom Time: Spring
Foliage Colour: Green
Class: Deciduous
Type: Shrub
Soil Moisture: Average, Moist
Stem Colour:
Fragrance: Yes
Berries: Green
Benefits:
Deer Resistant: Unknown
BC Native: No
Native Habitat: Well-drained, deep, fertile bottom-land and hilly upland habitat.
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Geographical Origin: North America
