Pawpaws: An uncommon yet valuable addition to the Louisiana landscape

Increasing the use of native plants, growing your own food and supporting butterflies are all admirable goals. You can accomplish all three by planting pawpaw trees.

These trees — which you’ll sometimes hear called by their Latin name, Asimina triloba — are a wonderful but somewhat uncommon choice for the home landscape.

Naturally, they can be found growing in the understory of forests throughout th…