Botanical Name: Psidium cattleianum (P. littorale)
Common Name: Strawberry guava
Type of Plant: Dicot: tree
Character evergreen
 
Habit of Growth:
Overall Shape shrubby, upright, often multi-trunked with a loose, rounded canopy - attractive smooth bark is golden to grayish-brown
Height 10-15'
Spread 10-12'
Growth Rate moderate
 
Environment:
Exposure outdoors partial sun to full sun
Soil tolerates most soils
Hardiness some frost; zones 9, 14, 15-24
 
Morphology:
Leaves pinnate, opposite, elliptic to ovate 2-4" long smooth, waxy, medium green
Flowers white, bisexual, solitary or in axillary clusters 1/2-3/4" across – numerous stamens - April-July
Fruit berry - round to 1-1/4" diameter, deep red
 
Propagation:
seed
 
Usage:
small accent tree for fruit, bark, branch structure and foliage - valued as a container plant, informal hedge or screen Landscape Care: average watering - tolerates drought when established Watering
Fertilizing slow-release at planting - balanced in spring
Pruning to shape desired - thin to expose branch structure
Pests/Diseases pest free
Special Conditions/Other
 
Origin: Brazil
Family: Myrtaceae

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