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Pineapple Guava in the GardenTags plant encyclopedia

Acca sellowiana

 

Pineapple Guava

Acca are evergreen shrubs. They have simple, rounded leaves, and fleshy white and pink flowers. Acca sellowiana has grey-green leaves that are white-felted on the underside. The fragrant, edible flowers in Summer have 4 petals, white on the outside, red on the inside, which appear in the leaf axils. The flowers are sometimes followed by edible fruit that are green flushed with red

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plant Features
  • Pineapple Guava likes full sun

    Full sun

  • Pineapple Guava likes occasional watering

    Occasional watering

  • Pineapple Guava is frost hardy: 23f (-5°c)

    Frost Hardy: 23F (-5°C)

  • Pineapple Guava likes light and free draining

    Light and free draining

 
plant information

Common name

Pineapple Guava

Latin name

Acca sellowiana

type

Evergreen Shrub

family

Myrtaceae

ph

6.5 - 8.5 Acid - Neutral

  • Light

    Pineapple Guava likes full sun

    Full sun

  • Frost

    Pineapple Guava is frost hardy: 23f (-5°c)

    Frost Hardy: 23F (-5°C)

  • Soil

    Pineapple Guava likes light and free draining

    Light and free draining

  • Water

    Pineapple Guava likes occasional watering

    Occasional watering

Plant & bloom calendar

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    Best time to plant
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    When the plant will bloom

full grown dimensions

The size of a fully grown Pineapple Guava is 2.50meters x 2.50meters 2.50 M 2.50 M

Acca sellowiana

Acca are evergreen shrubs. They have simple, rounded leaves, and fleshy white and pink flowers. Acca sellowiana has grey-green leaves that are white-felted on the underside. The fragrant, edible flowers in Summer have 4 petals, white on the outside, red on the inside, which appear in the leaf axils. The flowers are sometimes followed by edible fruit that are green flushed with red


Flowering

From Early Summer TO Late Summer

Flowers, which are edible, and fragrant, appear in the leaf axils in Summer

 

Planting

From Mid Spring TO Late Spring

Plant in light soil that is free-draining, in full sun and sheltered from chilling winds..

 

Propagating by cuttings

From Late Summer TO Early Autumn

Take semi- ripe cuttings from this season's growth in Autumn. Cut neatly, just below a leaf node, a 5" approx. piece of a healthy shoot that has soft growth at the tip. pinch out the growing tip, and cut off the bottom leaves. Dip the bottom of the cutting in hormone rooting powder, and carefully place in a pot of cutting compost with the leaves just above the level of the compost. Water, label, cover with a polythene bag, and place in a warm, bright place, out of direct sunlight. Take the polythene bag off periodically for a while for ventilation (at least twice a week)

 
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