Pineapple Guava
$142.00 Original price was: $142.00.$42.60Current price is: $42.60.
1000 in stock
SKU: 4vcKg9HNnS
Category: Flowering Trees
LIGHT: Full sun
WATER: Once established, water deeply when dry.
SIZE: Moderate growing; reaches 10 to 15 ft. tall and wide.
| 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. |
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| Bloom Time | Early summer |
| Deciduous/Evergreen | Evergreen |
| Special Features | Waterwise, Edible, Benefits Birds |
| Problems/Solutions | Coastal Exposure |
| Growth Rate | Moderate |
| Growth Habit | Upright |
| Landscape Use | 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 Instructions | 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. |