Bittersweet Gardens
Favorite Plants

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Persimmon Clusters

Ripe Fruit

Great Wall Oriental Persimmon Fall Leaf Color

Persimmon - Diospiros virginiana - Did you know there are seedless American persimmons? Some noted cultivars of this native plant are: Evelyn, Yates and Szukis (pronounced Sue-kiss). These are larger than the wild species and have a better texture and flavor than the Oriental types.

SOURCE:
Nolin River Nursery
797 Port Wooden Rd
Upton, KY  42784
ph 502-369-8551

REFERENCE: NAFEX - North American Fruit Explorers

Pawpaw Blossoms

Pawpaw on Tree

Cut Fruit

Fall Leaf Color

Pawpaws - The Forgotton Fruit© by Eddie Rhoades

Pawpaw - Asimina triloba - This small native tree is perfectly hardy and bears clusters of fruit that taste like banana custard. "Picking up pawpaws, put ‘em in a basket, way down yonder in the pawpaw patch". Don’t let this great heritage plant fall by the wayside. Lots of good cultivars: Sunflower, PA Golden, Blue Ridge, and Rebecca.

SOURCE:
J.H. Gordon Nursery
1385 Campbell Blvd
Amherst, NY  14228-1404851
ph 716-691-9371

REFERENCE: Kentucky State University Pawpaw Research Project