Pineapple Guava

Guavasteen

Acca sellowiana

Synonymy: Acca sellowiana (O. Berg) Burret
Feijoa sellowiana (O. Berg) O. Berg.
Orthostemon sellowianus Berg.

Family: Myrtaceae

 

Native to extreme southern Brazil, northern Argentina, western Paraguay and Uruguay

You are bidding on * live bare root seedlings with vigorous root systems * inches tall with * leaves born and grown in Hawaii.

Common Names: Feijoa, Pineapple Guava, Guavasteen. French: féijoa • Portuguese: araçá do Rio Grande, feijoo, goiaba do campo, goiaba-feijoa, goiaba serrana, goiaba silvestre • Spanish: feijoo, guayaba, guayaba chilena, guayaba del país, guayaba sumina, guayabo del país 

Height: 8-10 ft. (2.4-3 m)

Spacing: 4-6 ft. (1.2-1.8 m)

Hardiness:
USDA Zone 8a: to -12.2 °C (10 °F)
USDA Zone 8b: to -9.4 °C (15 °F)
USDA Zone 9a: to -6.6 °C (20 °F)
USDA Zone 9b: to -3.8 °C (25 °F)
USDA Zone 10a: to -1.1 °C (30 °F)
USDA Zone 10b: to 1.7 °C (35 °F)

Sun Exposure: Sun to Partial Shade

Bloom Color: Red, White/Near White

Bloom Time: Late Spring/Early Summer

Foliage: Evergreen, Blue-Green

Other details:
This plant is attractive to bees, butterflies and/or birds
Average Water Needs; Water regularly; do not overwater
Requires consistently moist soil; do not let dry out between waterings

Soil pH requirements: 6.1 to 6.5 (mildly acidic)
6.6 to 7.5 (neutral)

Plants grown from seed will take 4-6 years to produce flowers and fruit. Flowers are very showy.

Acca sellowiana do best in full sun to light shade with a well drained soil mix. A soil mix that consists of 2 parts peat moss to 2 parts loam to 1 part coarse sand. The plants are well watered and allowed to dry slightly before watering again. Fertilize them monthly with a balanced fertilizer. Watering of these plants is very critical; too much water will cause a lot of growth but at the expense of flower production. During the winter months, water is restricted to only enough to keep the leaves from dropping or shriveling.

Acca sellowiana is propagated by cutting, layers and from seed. Our plants started from seed. Seedlings should be kept in a shady area until they are at least 24 inches tall. They can be then transplanted into larger containers.

The fruit usually is eaten by cutting it in half, then scooping out the pulp with a spoon. The fruit has a juicy sweet seed pulp and slightly gritty flesh nearer the skin. The flavor is aromatic and sweet.

A Feijoa may be used as an interesting addition to a fruit smoothie, and may be used to make Feijoa wine or cider and feijoa infused vodka. It also is possible to buy Feijoa yogurt, fruit drinks, jam, ice-cream, and such in New Zealand. The Feijoa also may be cooked and used in dishes where one would use stewed fruit. It is a popular ingredient in chutney.

The fruit, maturing in autumn, is green, ellipsoid, and about the size of a chicken egg. It has a sweet, aromatic flavor. The flesh is juicy and is divided into a clear gelatinous seed pulp and a firmer, slightly gritty, opaque flesh nearer the skin. The fruit drops when ripe and at its fullest flavor, but may be picked from the tree prior to the drop to prevent bruising.
The fruit pulp resembles the closely related guava, having a gritty texture. The Feijoa pulp is used in some natural cosmetic products as an exfoliant. Feijoa fruit has a distinctive smell. The aroma is due to the ester methyl benzoate and related compounds that exist in the fruit.

Pineapple Guava is well adapted to sub tropical dry areas and can withstand a few degrees of frost. Plants in nature will reach up to 18 feet (5.5 m) tall. Leaves are elliptic-oblong to 3 inches (7.6 cm) long, green above and white-wooly beneath. Bark is light reddish brown at first, turning a darker reddish brown and peeling as the plants age. Plants are grown for their edible fruit with a guava-like flavor. Moderately tolerant of salt spray and so is useful in warm seaside gardens. The plant is relatively easy to grow and makes an outstanding container plant, hardy in the landscape in USDA zones 9-10.  

Some grafted cultivars of Feijoa are self-fertile. Most are not, and require a pollinator. Seedlings may or may not be self fertile.
In New Zealand, the pollinators of this plant are bees, bumblebees, or medium-sized birds. These birds feed on the sweet, fleshy petals of the Feijoa flower.
In California, robins, mockingbirds, hummingbirds, starlings, scrub jays, towhees, and honeybees also feast on the petals and are presumed to be assisting with pollination. This shrub has very few insect pests.

Fruit maturity is not always apparent visually as the fruits remain the same shade of green until they are over-mature or rotting. One usually may sense ripeness, however, by giving the fruit a soft squeeze; a ripe Feijoa will give somewhat like a just-ripe banana. Generally, the fruit is at its optimum ripeness the day it drops from the tree. While still hanging it may well prove bitter, however, once fallen, fruit very quickly becomes over-ripe, so a daily collection of fallen fruit is advisable during the season. The pink to white flower petals have a delightful flavor, being crisp, moist, and fleshy. They regularly are consumed by birds.

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         As each order is packed and prepared separately you will pay the quoted S/H charges individually per item. If you buy the same species in that item it does calculate out the discount (i.e.: additional item $3.61). My stores' combined shipping is built in for same items rather than a varied selection. Includes postage, USDA certification and inspection, proper packing and delivery to Airport for prompt delivery. I can’t really change any of these. If you want one of this and one of that, it gets hard to discount much as each different species requires it's own prep & packing, then at USDA each has to be unwrapped and inspected then repacked. USDA requires me to clean and prepare every last piece before we drive them to the Inspection Station on the other side of the island. It takes my wife and I, a day to pack items and get ready to ship. The whole next day we drive around the island and get inspected (2-3 hours), then drive to the Airport Post Office to drop off. It takes the same work with the same type item if you can understand.

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