About
Asimina triloba is a shrub or small tree characterized by its oval leaves, which can grow as long as 30 cm and turn yellow in the fall. In late spring, it produces purple-brown, cup-shaped flowers that can reach 5 cm in diameter. These are succeeded by egg-shaped, edible fruits that can grow up to 12 cm long, initially yellow-green and maturing to a yellow-brown hue.
About the genus
Asimina consists of deciduous or evergreen shrubs and small trees characterized by their broad or narrow oval leaves. The flowers, which exhibit a purplish hue, give way to sweet, fleshy fruits that can be greenish or yellow in color.
Growing conditions
- Sunlight
- Full sun
- Soil type
- Loam
- Soil pH
- Acid, Neutral
- Soil moisture
- Moist but well-drained
- Aspect
- South-facing
- Exposure
- Sheltered
- UK hardiness
- H4
Plant details
- Plant type
- Fruit Edible, Shrubs, Trees
- Habit
- Bushy
- Foliage
- Deciduous
- Height
- 4-8 metres
- Spread
- 4-8 metres
- Time to full height
- 20-50 years
- Suggested uses
- City and courtyard gardens, Mediterranean climate plants
- Native to
- SE Canada to C & E USA
Care notes
- Cultivation
- Grow in full sun in acid or neutral, moist but well-drained soil. Needs long, hot summers to become a tree and produce fruit, otherwise grow as a multi-stemmed shrub
- Pruning
- Pruning group 1
- Propagation
- Propagate by seed sown in autumn, or by layering in autumn, or root cuttings in winter
- Pest resistance
- Generally pest-free
- Disease resistance
- Generally disease-free