2024年7月10日 · Pineapple guava trees (Acca sellowiana) are both beautiful and bountiful, yielding a tasty fruit that is guava-like in taste and appearance. Also sometimes known as feijoa, Acca sellowiana is not the same as a common guava tree (Psidium guajava), though they are both part of the Myrtaceae family.

The Colombian feijoa (Acca sellowiana), a fruit-bearing shrub of the Myrtaceae family. In Colombia, the fruit is particularly associated with the Quindío and Boyacá regions, where it thrives in the Andean highlands.

Growing feijoa is easy because the plants have few pests and aren’t demanding. Even better, the slow-growing, mid-sized evergreen looks good in landscaping thanks to the pretty flowers. Never heard of feijoa? Now’s your chance to get to know the tasty South American fruit that’s also known as pineapple guava.

2023年3月27日 · What is a Feijoa Tree? Pineapple guava (Feijoa sellowiana) is an attractive, evergreen tree or shrub with many landscape uses. It's ideal for warm, western climates and well suited to home gardens. The plant grows 12 to 15 feet (4-5 m.) tall and wide.

Feijoa is often found in central and north Florida landscapes as a durable and cold-hardy plant for hedges and foundation plantings, and as a dooryard fruit. Its value as a potentially heavy producer of flavorful fruits (and flavorful flowers) is frequently overlooked due to issues in pollination and limited genetic improvement.

Feijo, also called pineapple guava, is a small oval fruit with smooth, gray-green skin and creamy white flesh that is juicy and pearlike. The flavor of feijoa is sweet and reminiscent of pineapple, pear, and banana. Feijo fruit resembles unripe medium-sized guava from a distance. The fruit is 2½ inches long and 2 inches in diameter. Related ...

Growth Habit: The feijoa is a slow-growing evergreen shrub that can reach 15 ft. high and 15 ft. wide. The bark is pale gray and the spreading branches are swollen at the nodes and white-hairy when young. In addition to the fruit it provides, the shrub also doubles handsomely as a landscape specimen.

2020年9月10日 · Read along to learn how to grow pineapple guava, also known as feijoa (fey-oh-uh). This article will cover the ideal conditions and hardiness zones to grow feijoa, along with general characteristics, tips for planting, pollination, ongoing care, harvest time, and more!

2018年5月10日 · The feijoa is a smallish, evergreen tree that hails from Brazil. It produces stacks of beautiful (and tasty) pink flowers in spring, which are followed by pendulous, egg-sized green fruit in late autumn – which drop to the ground when ripe.

What you need to know about feijoa. Name: feijoa, pineapple guava, guavasteen (Feijoa sellowiana, syn. Acca sellowiana). Plant type: moderately vigorous evergreen fruit tree. Height: 2–5m but can be contained by pruning. Foliage: thick, smooth leaves, light olive green on top and silver-grey beneath.