Product Description
A fascinating and stunning looking plant, this Pineapple Guava is a native of South America yet is perfectly happy here in the UK. Like a bird of paradise, its flamboyant sorbet-pink and ice-white blooms will create an exotic display from late spring to early summer, bearing sweet nectar that is loved by butterflies and bees. In autumn this stunning plant then yields delicious, tropical-tasting green egg-shaped fruits with succulent flesh - similar to a kiwi but smoother in appearance. Enjoy them fresh or bake into pies and crumbles for a special treat.
Bushes are evergreen, giving year-round interest. Hardy down to at least -5°C, when mature they reach a height and spread of 1.8 m (6 ft). They are very easy to grow and are particularly suited to raising in a large pot or planter.
What Is Supplied
Item 680146 supplied as:
Delivered as an established shrub in a 3L pot.
Plant Information
Top Tips
- Keep plants well watered to prevent fruit drop. A winter cooling period of at least 50 hours is needed for best fruit production.
Care Guide
Planting Advice for your Acca sellowiana
- If planting outside, choose a sheltered site that is protected from cold winds.
- Water your potted plant well.
- Dig a hole a little deeper and 3 x wider than the nursery pot.
- Add a soil conditioner such as well-rotted manure to the earth removed from the hole if necessary.
- Remove the plant from its pot and tease out a few of the roots.
- Place your plant in the hole at the same level at the pot.
- Refill the hole with the earth removed (backfilling).
- Firm in the soil with your heel, avoiding the root ball.
- Water well and mulch around the base of the plant with a collar, compost, gravel, bark etc.
Pineapple Guava Aftercare
- Plants can withstand temperatures down to -5°C so are hardy through most of the UK.
- Feijowa may suffer damage in harsh winters in cold gardens so we recommend that if your garden is exposed to grow this plant as a greenhouse or conservatory over winter.
- Plants are self-fertile but produces heavier fruiting when cross-pollinated.
- For a better chance of fruit, where temperatures fall below 5°C (41°F), grow in cool greenhouse or conservatory (plants need cool but not freezing winter temperatures).
Pruning Guava
- Feijoa Sellowiana responds well to pruning and can be shaped easily to compliment your garden.
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Fully Grown Plant dimensions (approx)
180cm
180cm
Product Reviews
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Service:
As always with Garden Bargains their service was excellent
Product:
Still waiting for the flowers to come out, but plant seems healthy
Review Submitted: 09/11/2021 - 15:27:44
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Garden bargains are the worst business I have ever had dealings with.
They send out dead or dying plants then expect you to pay postage for a replacement, the postage is practically what the plants cost in the first place making their guarantees worthless.
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Poor plants.
Review Submitted: 25/04/2018 - 14:45:48