Croatia

Zoran Pejak-Pašić's Pawpaw Tree Collection, Šenkovec, (Zagreb), Croatia, growing zone 7

Elevation 135 meter

Soil: PH 7.7, hard and compacted

Zoran shared from his pawpaw tree collection in Croatia. In 2014 his largest tree was a 4.5 meter Sunflower (shown in picture below), and he is growing several varieties (Prima, Mango, Overleese, PA golden, others...) and he's adding Susquehanna, KSU-Atwood, Sun Glo. The summer heat and growing season are somewhat comparable to Kentucky and winters are a little milder there. All the pawpaw varieties ripen at his location. Zagreb's climate is detailed in the Wikipedia.

Sunflower Variety

Year 2014

Planted as 2-year old grafted tree in 2002/2003

total age : 13 years

height: 4.5 meter

fruit ripening date: September 10-30

Prima Pawpaw Fruit

September 19, 2014

Prima Pawpaw

Year 2014

Planted in 2009 as 2-year old grafted tree

age: 5 years since it was planted

height: 2.5 meter

fruit ripening date: September 19, 2014