Dwarf Pineapple Guava tree {Feijoa sellowiana} Edible fruits and flowers | Showy blooms | 10 seeds Free Shipping!  US seller US seed

 

Pineapple guava is a South American native which does indeed produce the luscious 

Guava fruit but is also an exotically handsome shrub whose dramatic flowers will enhance 

any and all landscapes. The edible flowers taste like marshmellows and can be eaten 

like candy. Pair them with berries, or other fruit.  Eat them on salads or use 

them to decorate cakes.

 

 

Guava is an evergreen shrub that will reach 10 to 15 ft. in height with an equal spread 

in tropical areas but is more often seen in warm temperate zones (like coastal 

North Carolina) at 5-6 feet with an equal spread.  The shrub's habit is relatively 

dense in colder areas where late frosts and severe cold nip branch tips in the bud, 

but it can grow to be open and spreading in warmer areas where nature relies on 

horticulturists to do the pruning. Guava is a handsome evergreen shrub with a 

unique character that would warrant a place in many gardens even if it never flowered, 

but the blooms of this plant are such treasures that they steal the show from the plant's 

other attributes.

 

This shrub is moderately salt-tolerant and is particularly handsome in coastal type 

landscapes with its silvery leaves and colorful flowers. Guava is only reliably cold 

hardy on the coast and in eastern Piedmont but it can be grown in sheltered locations 

throughout the lower elevations of the southeast. It makes a dramatic large container 

specimen on a patio or near a walk and can be pruned to control its spread following 

flowering. Landscape plants have been known to survive and re-emerge after being killed 

to the ground.

 

There are several cultivars of Acca sellowiana which have been selected primarily for 

fruit production. 'Coolidge', 'Nazemata' and 'Pineapple Gem' are all good self-pollinating 

selections, while 'Superba' is a round-fruited form that needs to be planted with another 

cultivar for good fruit set, and 'Variegata' has white variegated foliage. Propagation of 

Guava is most reliable from seed which has been separated from the ripe fruit, but cuttings 

taken in summer are rooted for the propagation of named cultivars.

 

Acca sellowiana is an amazingly dramatic shrub in bloom that carries unique character into 

the garden through twelve months of the year with its silvered, evergreen foliage. This 

spectacular landscape plant is the parent of a familiar tropical fruit, the Guava - a unique 

landscape ornamental and tropical fruit that deserves much wider use in southeastern gardens. 

 

It prefers full sun but will tolerate partial shade.  Consistent soil moisture is important 

to produce quality fruits.  Water deeply and regularly and provide mulch to add nutrients 

and protect the shallow roots. It also prefers moist, well-drained soil but will tolerate 

a range of less than ideal soils, from sand to heavy clay.  In full sun it flowers and 

fruits most heavily but will perform well in partial shade (albeit with somewhat reduced 

flowering and fruit set).

 

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