Description
The pineapple guava plant is a slow-growing evergreen shrub native to southern Brazil, northern Argentina, Paraguay, and Uruguay. Unless pruned, it can grow to 15 feet high.
The pineapple guava plant can be grown in warm to moderately cool climates and produces showy, edible white flowers and small, sweet fruits.
This evergreen shrub can easily reach heights of 12-15 ft. The top of the leaves are dark green and glossy. The underside of the leaf is fuzzy with a bright silver color. This tree is sometimes planted just for its attractiveness in the landscape. When planted close together they make a perfect edible privacy hedgerow and function as a dense windbreak. Birds love to nest in the branches too! The wood is very dense but small branches easily snap because of its brittle nature. Untouched the natural form of Feijoa is multibranched, however, it is possible to shape it as a single trunk. It is even possible to form an espaliered tree or make it reach 20+ feet tall.
Zone 7-10
The pineapple guava plant can be grown in warm to moderately cool climates and produces showy, edible white flowers and small, sweet fruits.
This evergreen shrub can easily reach heights of 12-15 ft. The top of the leaves are dark green and glossy. The underside of the leaf is fuzzy with a bright silver color. This tree is sometimes planted just for its attractiveness in the landscape. When planted close together they make a perfect edible privacy hedgerow and function as a dense windbreak. Birds love to nest in the branches too! The wood is very dense but small branches easily snap because of its brittle nature. Untouched the natural form of Feijoa is multibranched, however, it is possible to shape it as a single trunk. It is even possible to form an espaliered tree or make it reach 20+ feet tall.
Zone 7-10
