Pineapple Guava

Name: Pineapple Guava
Brand: Monrovia
SKU: 03570
Rating: 100 (2 reviews)

Feijoa sellowiana

Pronunciation: fa-JO-a se-lo-ee-AH-na

SKU #03570

USDA Zone

8-10

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OVERVIEW
Description	Versatile, and easy to grow with an upright branching form, 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. Easily trained as espalier, a hedge, or a small specimen tree for landscape or container. Monrovia Pineapple Guava are grown from seed and are thus not a particular cultivar. Though mildly self-fertile, a second plant is recommended for better fruit set. Evergreen.
Light	Full sun
Watering	Once established, water deeply when dry.
Blooms	Early Summer
Mature Size	Moderate growing; reaches 10 to 15 ft. tall and wide.

DETAILS
Deciduous/Evergreen	Evergreen
Special Features	Waterwise, Edible, Benefits Birds
Growth Rate	Moderate
Growth Habit	Upright

STYLE
Landscape Use	Container, Espalier, Hedge, Privacy Screen
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.
Flower Color	White
Foliage Color	Gray-green
Companion Plants	Fig (Ficus); Mandevilla (Mandevilla); Bottlebrush (Callistemon); Loropetalum (Loropetalum); Heavenly Bamboo (Nandina)

CARE
Care	Grows easily in average to rich, well-drained soils. Water deeply, regularly during the first growing season to establish an extensive root system. Once established, reduce frequency; tolerates mild drought. Feed with a slow-release fertilizer before new growth begins in spring. Provide a second plant for best pollination. Can be pollinated by hand to increase fruit set.

This Plant's Growing Zones: 8-10