Asimina angustifolia Tibet eventually creating a stack of

eventually creating a stack of porcupine-like balls

cinnamon-colored stalks starting for us in mid-August

The clump is adorned with hundreds of red-violet (RHS 66A) flowers celebrated by hummingbirds from early May through November here in NC

especially when young

those in cool climates will not observe this amazing phenomenon

Asimina angustifolia Tibet eventually creating a stack ofI remember meeting this dwarf pawpaw, first at Woodlanders in South Carolina, then finally in 2007 in the wilds of north Florida, thanks to plantsman Dick Weaver. This amazing dwarf 2' tall x 2' wide shrub is clothed with long, narrow green leaves, and adorned in May with large white magnolia like flowers, each highlighted with a purple stained center greatly oversized for the plant. Being native to dry sandy soils of north Florida, south Georgia, and