Botanical Name: Acca sellowiana (Feijoa sellowiana)
Common Name: Pineapple guava
Type of Plant: dicot: shrub
Character evergreen
 
Habit of Growth:
Overall Shape erect, single or multi-trunk, ascending-spreading branches forms a full, rounded canopy; overall habit is tree-like if headed up and thinned
Height 15-25'
Spread 15-25'
Growth Rate moderate
 
Environment:
Exposure outdoors full sun to partial shade
Soil tolerates most
Hardiness hardy, prefers warmth (zones 7-9, 12-24)
 
Morphology:
Leaves pinnate, alternate, obovate-oval, 2-4" long, shiny green above, conspicuously silver green beneath
Flowers white (four fleshy petals, )red centers, 1" wide, mostly terminal, April through June, edible
Fruit oval berry, grayish-green, 1-4" long, edible
 
Propagation:
seed, semi-hardwood cuttings; some varieties grafted
 
Usage:
excellent large accent shrub or small tree for branching structure, attractive foliage, espalier, large screens, hedges, patio tree
 
Landscape Care:
Watering regular preferred, tolerates drought after established, regular water gives best fruiting
Fertilizing balanced in spring
Pruning head back late spring, thin occasionally, may be sheared
Pests/Diseases relatively free – may get chlorosis in alkaline soils
Special Conditions/Other dwarf varieties now available
 
Origin: South America/Brazil
Family: Myrtaceae

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