Feijoa Pineapple Guava - Acca Sellowiana |
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Myrtaceae Acca Sellowiana None |
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| Grows In | Zone 8A · 10° to 15° F through Zone 10B · 35° to 40° F |
| Sun Exposure | Full / Mostly Sun, Morning Sun / Evening Shade, Morning Shade / Evening Sun |
| Soil Drainage | Well Drained, Moderately Drained |
| Resistent To | Deer Resistant, Drought, Insect, Disease, Mildew, Heat |
| Flower Color | Red, White |
| Blooms | Spring Blooms, Fall Berries, Early Summer Blooms |
| Foliage Color | Grey / Silver, Medium Green |
| Average Height | 10' to 12', 12' to 15' |
| Average Width | 8' to 10', 10' to 15' |
| Attracts | Hummingbirds, Wildlife, Visual Attention, Songbirds / Birds |
| Fragrances | None |
Pineapple Guava is a fast and moderate growing shrub and tree that can be grown in USDA Plant Hardiness Zones 8A through 10B. It matures to an average height of 10 feet to 15 feet and an average width of 8 feet to 15 feet, depending on climate and other environmental factors. It prefers growing in a location that provides full sun, morning sun with afternoon shade or morning shade with afternoon sun and grows best when planted in sand, loam, clay or silt soil that is well drained or moderately drained. In the spring Pineapple Guava produces red and white flowers. The foliage is grey / silver and medium green in color. It attracts hummingbirds, wildlife, visual attention and songbirds / birds and is resistant to deer, drought, insects, diseases, mildew and heat.
Pineapple Guava can be useful in the landscape as a buffer or screen, in containers or planters, as a background, in shrub borders, around decks, swimming pools, and other outdoor living areas, in landscape beds or islands, grown flat against a wall, as a hedge or as a tree form shrub and also in cottage gardens.
More about Feijoa Pineapple Guava...Noteworthy Characteristics
Pinapple Guave offers year-round interest to the garden. It can be used as a shrub or small tree, many using it for a smaller tree form specimen. The medium green leaves, with silver underneath are egg-shaped and about 3 inches in length. The edible, unique, and unusual flowers are reddish-purple and white with showy dark red stamens. The feijoas, as the fruits are called, have waxy blue-green or gray green skin.
Uses
Excellent for us as a single shrub or tree form specimen, in groupings, flowering shrub borders, natural hedge, visual screen or wind and noise buffer, home foundation plantings, entiyways and corners, espalier (grown flat against a wall), hummingbird gardens, wildlife gardens, cottage gardens,
Culture & Care Tips
Best grown in full sun or part shade. Prefers well drained to moderately drained soils and average water needs. Can be pruned to maintain desried shape or form.
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