Pineapple Guava
Feijoa sellowiana
A versatile, easy to grow landscape addition, yielding edible flowers and tropical fruit! Fleshy white flower petals have showy red accents, contrasting nicely with the gray green foliage. Tasty guava-like fruit ripens in late fall. Multiple, upright branching form is easily trained as espalier, hedge or small specimen tree.
| Synonym: | Acca sellowiana |
| Botanical Pronunciation: | fa-JO-a se-lo-ee-AH-na |
| Key feature: | Edible |
| Plant types: | Tree, Shrub |
| Deciduous/evergreen: | Evergreen |
| Cold hardiness zones: | 8 - 10 |
| Light needs: | Full sun |
| Sunset climate zones: | 7 - 9, 12 - 24 |
| Water Needs: | Once established, needs only occasional watering. |
| Average landscape size: | Moderate grower to 10 to 15 ft. tall and wide. |
| Growth rate: | Moderate |
| Flower attribute: | Showy Flowers |
| Special features: | Attracts Birds, Edible, Waterwise |
| Landscape uses: | Seacoast Exposure, Specimen |
| Flower color: | White |
| Blooms: | Early summer |
| Foliage color: | Gray-green |
| Item no.: | 3570 |
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Care Information
Follow a regular watering schedule during the first growing season to establish a deep, extensive root system. Feed with a general purpose fertilizer before new growth begins in spring. For a tidy, neat appearance, shear annually to shape. Pruning time: spring.
Design Ideas
Evokes either a Mediterranean or tropical character in gardens. The coloring of this foliage complements western natives that have very pale, gray or hairy foliage. Plant as a background or specimen for the flowers. In warm climates use as a fruit tree in orchards. Excellent screen or single specimen plant.
A versatile, easy to grow landscape addition, yielding edible flowers and tropical fruit! Fleshy white flower petals have showy red accents, contrasting nicely with the gray green foliage. Tasty guava-like fruit ripens in late fall. Multiple, upright branching form is easily trained as espalier, hedge or small specimen tree.
Care Information
Follow a regular watering schedule during the first growing season to establish a deep, extensive root system. Feed with a general purpose fertilizer before new growth begins in spring. For a tidy, neat appearance, shear annually to shape. Pruning time: spring.
Design Ideas
Evokes either a Mediterranean or tropical character in gardens. The coloring of this foliage complements western natives that have very pale, gray or hairy foliage. Plant as a background or specimen for the flowers. In warm climates use as a fruit tree in orchards. Excellent screen or single specimen plant.
| Synonym: | Acca sellowiana |
| Botanical Pronunciation: | fa-JO-a se-lo-ee-AH-na |
| Key feature: | Edible |
| Plant types: | Tree, Shrub |
| Deciduous/evergreen: | Evergreen |
| Cold hardiness zones: | 8 - 10 |
| Light needs: | Full sun |
| Sunset climate zones: | 7 - 9, 12 - 24 |
| Water Needs: | Once established, needs only occasional watering. |
| Average landscape size: | Moderate grower to 10 to 15 ft. tall and wide. |
| Growth rate: | Moderate |
| Flower attribute: | Showy Flowers |
| Special features: | Attracts Birds, Edible, Waterwise |
| Landscape uses: | Seacoast Exposure, Specimen |
| Flower color: | White |
| Blooms: | Early summer |
| Foliage color: | Gray-green |
| Item no.: | 3570 |
