The PAW PAW is North America's largest native fruit and was found growing wild from the everglades in Florida to the shorelines of the great lakes...one northern area had so many trees growing in the region, it was named Pawpaw, Michigan and the fruit became known as the " Michigan banana". Today the wild plants are almost extinct but there is renewed interest in the species since the US government recently allotted $20 million to research new varieties for their food, medicinal and horticultural value.  Paw Paw is a small tree that produces hanging clusters of mango shaped fruit ( somewhat like banana) that matures its fruit in October in our Canadian climate. The fruit has sweet, yellow, custard-like flesh described as having a "deliciously tropical" mango-banana flavour. Latest research is showing that the Paw Paw fruit is loaded with health promoting nutrients...you would have to eat a banana, an apple and an orange( all 3) to get the same nutrient content as one Paw Paw...wow!     

With its large drooping leaves and dramatic purple flowers in spring, the Paw Paw tree has great ornamental appeal as well. Our Paw Paw trees have never shown any pest or disease problems and now research on paw paw leaf extract are showing promise as natural botanical pesticides. Plant in well drained soil and protect from strong winds and grass competition for the first two years.

After 50 years planting paw paw seeds from all over North America and watching them freeze to death in our cold -40 C winters...we have finally got a few to survive and these survivors are now producing abundant crops of delicious Canadian pawpaws.(see photos below showing our TAYLOR -made pawpaws)

The seeds from our best tasting fruit are used to now produce our Paw Paw babies( seedlings)... These "babies" grow very slowly for first 3 years while acclimatizing to our cold winters, at which point in time, we offer the best selections to our customers. This year 2025 our hardy paw paw trees at 3 yrs old are 50 - 60 cm tall(with root) But many trees grew even slower than normal as worst drought and heat in 50 yrs kept them smaller.(we do not irrigate fertilize or spray ).Thus we are giving a free pawpaw tree for everyone you order …this means 2 trees for $125

Plant TWO PAWPAWS for cross pollination and hand pollinate the flowers to maximize cropping in cold springs.

Our seedling TAYLOR-made pawpaws are produced from our own GREEN BARN trees that survive -40 C / -40F Canadian winters(ZONES 2-5)

Most other Canadian nurseries resell pawpaw trees they have imported from warmer locations in the USA and these imports survive better in warmer winters ZONE 6-10

ALL PAWPAW PHOTOS BELOW ARE FROM OUR OWN PAWPAW TREES

Order your spring 2026 pawpaw trees early as we will be sold out by the time spring arrives in March.

SPECIAL 2026- order 3 X PAWPAWS and we add 3 more pawpaw trees for free…6 trees for $375

WE sell only our own propagated trees .. no USA imports … our 3yr old pawpaw trees are therefore smaller because of a shorter/ colder growing season and are not pushed with fertilizers, irrigation or greenhouse heat!

Taylor-made Canadian hardy pawpaw seedling trees …………….2 for $125

 NEW in 2026..Grafted Canadian Pawpaws! Many customers have asked us for grafted trees of our own varieties and we have these new grafts available now. 

1) ALGONQUIN pawpaw ……named in respect for the First Nations Algonquin tribe who have many reservations here in northern regions of Canada. Fruit is large, sweet and tastes more of mango/coconut with some butterscotch/ banana side notes……$125 each grafted tree

2) MOHAWK….named in respect for the First Nations Mohawk tribe who have several reservations here in Canadian North. Fruit is similar to the American variety “Sunflower” with large fruit tasting of tropical fruit such as apricot/pineapple along with the usual mango banana influence….$125 each grafted tree(see photo below for size)

Remember to bury the graft a few cm in soil to help with winter survival in colder Canadian climates.