That is paw paw flower. Mine are about to open also.
Tony
My pawpaws are at the same stage and I don’t know why. Every year they leaf and bloom about a month after all the local native pawpaws.
Tony got it. Which I expected of course 
This one is Sunflower. Next to it is NC-1 which is a little behind. Both have flower buds at multiple stages, which gives me some hope I will catch one at the male stage and another on the other tree at the female stage, and get some pawpaws.
Tony, I think you will have a lot of pawpaws this year!
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Lapins/Kristin
Much cooler and rainy today…40Fs looking likely for most of the week (maybe low 50Fs later in the week) for high temps. Hope everything just sits right now. Cherries are still mostly unopened///apples/pears are still not flowering… Only thing that would get zapped (20Fs are in the forecast) are the cots and probably my Alderman plum (no loss really). I will cover my nectarine (smaller tree).
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This is the biggest Pawpaw I have,a Wabash,with some scions grafted on this morning,that I received from Tony.Thanks again Tony. Brady
Is it hard to graft paw paw? I had several paw paw seedlings a few years ago that died over winter in the garage. Also had another one i ordered that the rabbit chomped down to nothing. Not much luck with them. I love the look of a leafed out paw paw tree…maybe i need to try again.
Speedster…is that the Honeycrisp you just bought or one you already had. Mine is just at 1/2" green right now. You have to be at least 2-3 weeks ahead of me.
It’s the potted one I bought from Lowes. the barefoot tree I bought is behind. It had a pretty poor root structure. Mostly larger roots without the small capillary style roots.
If your meaning of hard is getting the scion to grow successfully,Rob,I’m not sure yet.Most of my Pawpaw plants are just getting out of whip stage.Also,I haven’t had much scion material to work with.I did one graft last year and the thing started to grow,but then didn’t continue.I think the diagonal cut for the whip was too short.
I’ve done about a half dozen this year and will know then.It seems like they should take and grow like most other trees. Brady
I’ll have to try another paw paw and maybe take a shot at grafting down the road.
This week is why i grow in pots. 42F and raining right now… I’ll know a week from now…but i feel that most flowers on my trees will get zapped at some point this week.
Frank, Brady, and Bear.
I think you guys will enjoy the sweet tropical flavors. My kids love a bowl of vanilla ice cream with lots of paw paw topping.
Tony
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I’d love to try a paw paw. They are native to my parts although very, very rare. I have to say though that in reading descriptions of the flavor and looking at the texture in your photos, I doubt very much that I would like them.
I should have moved to Omaha … better climate then here. My sister lived out there for close to 10 years… nice area.
I’d like a paw paw just for the tree…i think they look nice (when they get full size). Fruit would just be a bonus.
My Raintree order should finally come this week…
Latest forecast model… still iffy on these temps being too warm…we’ll see–cloud cover/wind could make it or break it.
Jeff, pawpaw grow wild by the thousands all along the Potomac River. There is an excellent concentration of plants at the C&O Canal at Dargan Bend. Go in late Aug/ early Sept. Find mature trees. Wild fruit is usually up in the tree about 7 feet or higher. They’re ripe if they fall when you shake the spindly trees.
The only pawpaw I’ve tried,came from a tree in Fremont,CA.The owner said he lived in Wisconsin and one day went ice fishing and had a bottle of Jack Daniels in his truck.When he left to go home,the stuff had froze.He said it was -57F.He likes California better.Lol. Brady
Matt, I grew up on the river (South Branch near Springfield, WV) and never found a single tree, although as a kid I once found a fruit floating in the river. I didn’t know what it was at the time.
I once made a special trip to Hancock because someone told me along the canal there up from the ranger station there was a tree near an old RR signal sign. Found the sign (I think), but no tree in sight.
Even in Paw Paw WV (which I would think certainly derived it’s name from the tree) I could never spot any. I once read that the largest concentration of them in Maryland resided in College Park.
I don’t get down that way often but when I do I always keep an eye out. I’m not familiar with the place you are speaking of.
Yeah I’ve driven through Paw Paw WV many times on my trips from Cumberland to Winchester. I’ve never seen a tree there either. There is also a place just outside of Fairmont, WV where they have a Fair every year called the Paw Paw fair. I went one year and all I saw was demolition derbys and carnival rides. LOL
I can vouch for Matt Re: the C&O canal, I was at the Great Falls park last fall on a hike with friends and was pulling down pawpaws for them to try as we hiked along. There wasn’t a lot of fruit but there were hundreds of trees.
Jeff,
Try a trip to Mackitosh Fruit Farm of Berryville, VA in late Aug/ early Sept. They always have pawpaws for sale by the box-load. You gotta call ahead to make sure they have 'em in stock.
http://www.mackintoshfruitfarm.com
Also try Deep Run Orchard, the largest pawpaw farm in the world! Jim Davis runs the place:
Deep Run Pawpaw Orchard
4265 Geeting Rd
Westminster MD
By appointment only: (410) 848-9826. Way off the beaten path. Hard to find, but worth it. If you’re super friendly, Jim might give you a personal tour. Call ahead.
Both locations have the cultivars that were originally propogated by Mr. Peterson. Try the variety “Allegheny.”
-Matt