![]() The champion Kentucky pawpaw is in Letcher County. Most pawpaw trees grow fifteen to twenty feet in height but can reach up to forty feet if conditions are optimal. With some effort, you can grow pawpaws from seed. Wildlife such as birds, raccoons, and opossums enjoy the fruit, and zebra swallowtail butterfly larva feed on young pawpaw foliage. Pawpaw fruit surpass apples, grapes, and peaches in magnesium, phosphorus, potassium, and sulfur. The fruit has high nutritional value, being an excellent source of vitamin A, vitamin C, and protein. Pawpaws are commonly described as tasting like a mix of banana and mango or pineapple. Deer, however, can eat the leaves without problem.įound in wooded areas, the Kentucky native Pawpaw is the largest native fruit in North America. Black Cherry wood is hard, close-grained, and strong, making it popular in woodworking.įarmers should note that this tree’s bark, leaves, and twigs are poisonous to livestock. Mature trees often reach a height of fifty to sixty feet. It can tolerant a wide variety of soils and conditions, the exception being full shade. Birds help spread Black Cherry seeds, but it also readily self-seeds. The bitter-sweet fruit is popular for jelly and wine making. ![]() ![]() The Black Cherry Tree produces Kentucky’s largest cherries which ripen in August and September. Other names for the American Plum include American wild plum, Osage plum, river plum, thorn plum, wild yellow plum, red plum, August plum, and goose plum. Due to unreliability of fruit production in Kentucky, plums are usually only commercially grown as a secondary crop. Kentucky plums can be eaten fresh or using in baking and canning. The red to yellow fruit is popular with deer as well as humans. It grows wild across the eastern two-thirds of North America, forming thorny thickets that provide habitats for birds and other wildlife. The winter-hardy American Plum is a small tree, reaching a mature height of only fifteen feet. Kentucky native fruit trees are adapted to grow in our varying soil types and withstand our unpredictable weather. Local sources for these fruits, however, can be difficult to find due to their preference for a longer, warmer growing season. Northern catalpa also has an attractive winter form.Apples, bananas, oranges, pears, peaches, and grapes ─ we eat these common fruits every day. Very long, stout brown pods hang on the tree throughout winter. Fragrant, showy panicles of white flowers have ornamental value in May and June. Hardiness: Winter hardy to USDA Zone 4.Īdditional information: Although northern catalpa does not offer remarkable fall color, its large leaves have a beautiful shape and color that are ornamental in the summer.They are smooth and medium green above and very downy below. Leaf: Heart-shaped leaves are 6 to 12 inches long and 3 to 8 inches across and are borne on long petioles.Stout, thick-walled, 8- to 20-inch pods contain fringed seeds and hang throughout winter. Flower and fruit: Loose, upright panicles of fragrant, white, 2-inch, bell-shaped flowers with yellow and sometimes purple markings appear on branch tips in May and June.Tree size: This catalpa is a vigorous grower, reaching 40 to 60 feet in height at maturity with a 20- to 40-foot spread.Growth habit: Northern catalpa has an irregular, oval crown. ![]()
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