Pineapple Guava

[LaFigGwr2019]

Here is another plant we planted last year, a pineapple Guava.  I don’t know if the flower will take but we got a couple of blooms.  I read that it’s suppose to be a slow grower but we got blooms so I am not complaining.  It took all the crazy colds we got and I did not baby it.  It took it better then the figs I lost that I did baby by placing them in my shed during freezing temps. 

Photo of the bloom which I read is edible.

[Hillhunter4]

Beautiful Bloom. I think I saw some guava at my local lowes a couple days ago.

[LaFigGwr2019]

I have not but our big box stores have limited fruiting plants.

[GJRoberts]

The Feijoa (Pineapple Guava) is supposed to be excellent.  I planted one last year, but it hasn't fruited yet.  Each variety of Guava has its own taste.  Some are good, and some not so.

[tridrama]

We just got two feijoa a few weeks ago from a local nursery. They are beautiful plants. Hope to have fruit next year. No blooms.

[LaFigGwr2019]

The Feijoa (Pineapple Guava) is supposed to be excellent.  I planted one last year, but it hasn't fruited yet.  Each variety of Guava has its own taste.  Some are good, and some not so.

I have read about the different tastes and that the fruit size vary and of course some only give you flowers but no fruit.  Now I can’t verify all these information cause we only got the one plant and just planted it last year.  I just hope we get the fruiting kind.   Wish you the best of luck with your plant

We just got two feijoa a few weeks ago from a local nursery. They are beautiful plants. Hope to have fruit next year. No blooms.

Wish you the best of luck with your plants.  I also read that they are slow growers.

[GJRoberts]

I slowed down my growth by running over the bush with a brush hog.  It completely demoralized the plant.  Hopefully, all is forgiven, and it will bear this year.

[AnaFL]

I had a beautiful feijoa tree. It looked good and bloomed every year. Never set fruit. Later i was told it needs a second tree for pollination.

[LaFigGwr2019]

I slowed down my growth by running over the bush with a brush hog.  It completely demoralized the plant.  Hopefully, all is forgiven, and it will bear this year.

Hope your plant does better

I had a beautiful feijoa tree. It looked good and bloomed every year. Never set fruit. Later i was told it needs a second tree for pollination.

Oh no, I need to get another variety?   I read that they are self fertile but get better quality fruit and are guarantied fruit with a second variety or so I read.  I guess I need to find another variety just to make sure.  Thank you for the heads up

[GJRoberts]

I never saw a "named" variety.  I did a little research that says the same thing. and gives some cultivar names.  I guess I'll have to go on the hunt.

[GJRoberts]

Reference:  https://landscapeplants.oregonstate.edu/plants/feijoa-sellowiana

[LaFigGwr2019]

Reference:  https://landscapeplants.oregonstate.edu/plants/feijoa-sellowiana

Thank you

[TXWatson]

I have two feijoa in-ground, both seedlings of named varieties I purchased from fruitwood nursery. I also have a couple of potted rootstocks I will try to graft onto in the future. Never tasted a feijoa but I very much enjoy the regular guava you find at the supermarket so I have high hopes.

[AnaFL]

 feijoa is very different from other guavas and for me (who eat pretty much all fruits) it's impossible to eat by biting it. The only way i can consume it is to put it in blender with sugar.

[LaFigGwr2019]

feijoa is very different from other guavas and for me (who eat pretty much all fruits) it's impossible to eat by biting it. The only way i can consume it is to put it in blender with sugar.

Ana,

Thank you for your input.  I too have not met a fruit I did not like but I have not had the chance to eat one of these yet