Frost-sensitive crop; check with the orchard before visiting.
Where to Buy Pawpaws in Michigan
8 verified places to buy or pick pawpaws in Michigan. Confirm availability before you visit. Pawpaw season is short.
Michigan has a long pawpaw history, and despite the northern climate there are several ways to track down trees or fruit. Hartmann's Plant Company in Lacota and Perry Permaculture in Perry ship pawpaw trees, and Argus Farm Stop in Ann Arbor stocks the fruit in season. The season is short and pawpaws ripen from mid-September into October, so reach for early-ripening varieties; Allegheny, Kentucky Champion, and Pennsylvania Golden finish most reliably in a Michigan fall.
U-Pick
1Farm Store / Market
2All-local farm-stop store; fresh pawpaws from area growers for a few weeks each fall at its Ann Arbor locations.
Treeborn
ShipsFresh Michigan pawpaws sold online for a limited window each fall, shipped 2nd-day air outside the Great Lakes region; frozen pawpaw puree available longer.
Pricing$12/lb
Nursery
4Cold Stream Farm
Ships In stockBare-root wholesale and retail; no minimum order, volume discounts; ships lower 48 only.
Hartmann's Plant Company
ShipsRetail and wholesale fruit-plant nursery; own tissue-culture propagation; plants ship by mail.
Centennial farm (est. 1860); potted seedlings, grafted pawpaws, frozen fruit; pawpaw grafting workshops.
Perry Permaculture
Ships In stockGrafted pawpaw trees ship in fall (~October); one of two MI Peterson-pawpaw licensees.
Online
1Oikos Tree Crops
ShipsMail-order seed only since the physical nursery closed May 2021; pawpaw (Northern Banana) seed sells out by season.
Nothing close enough?
Fresh pawpaws also move by mail in season, and frozen pulp ships year-round. See where to buy pawpaw fruit for the verified sellers that ship, typical prices, and how the short season works.
Pawpaw tree nurseries in Michigan
4 verified nurseries in Michigan sell pawpaw trees:
- Cold Stream Farm in Free Soil
- Hartmann's Plant Company in Lacota
- Nash Nurseries in Owosso
- Perry Permaculture in Perry
Want to plant your own?
The nurseries above cover buying a tree in or shipped to Michigan. Plant at least two genetically different trees so they can cross-pollinate, and check whether pawpaw fruits where you live before you order.
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