Asimina, 'Maria's Joy' pawpaw Hybridizer_Smith blooms in our USDA zone

blooms in our USDA zone 6a garden in the second week of May

hybridizer and year introduced: Central Plains group

Adaptable to a range or soil types

Flower fragrance: Mild

Asimina, 'Maria's Joy' pawpaw Hybridizer_Smith blooms in our USDA zoneVariety description: An early ripening cultivar best suited for the northern end of the pawpaws range. Consistently bears an annul crop of medium to large fruit. This cultivar won the award for Best Fruit at the 2012 Ohio Pawpaw festival. This variety resulted from the breeding work of the late Jerry Lehman of Terre Haute, IN. It was named after Maria Plekhanovna, who guided Jerry and five other American fruit explorers around the former Soviet Union