Ugni molinae 'Butterball'
Chilean Guava 'Butterball'
Evergreen bushy habit. Slow growing. 'Butterball' has butter-yellow foliage that ages to glossy green, and small pink flowers that are followed by edible red berries in late summer. Chilean Guava berries look like blueberries and taste like wild strawberries
Contributed by @robbiec
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Full sun to partial shade
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Occasional watering
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Frost Hardy: 23F (-5°C)
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Free draining and fertile
Common name
Chilean Guava 'Butterball'
Latin name
Ugni molinae 'Butterball'
type
Evergreen Shrub
family
Myrtaceae
ph
5.0 - 7.0 Acid - Neutral
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Light
Full sun to partial shade
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Frost
Frost Hardy: 23F (-5°C)
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Soil
Free draining and fertile
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Water
Occasional watering
Plant & bloom calendar
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Best time to plant
full grown dimensions
0.75 M
1.00 M
Ugni molinae 'Butterball'
Evergreen bushy habit. Slow growing. 'Butterball' has butter-yellow foliage that ages to glossy green, and small pink flowers that are followed by edible red berries in late summer. Chilean Guava berries look like blueberries and taste like wild strawberries
Planting Outdoors Spring
From Early Spring TO Early Spring
May be grown outdoors in mild areas where it will tolerate a few degrees of frost if sheltered from cold drying winds. Otherwise grow in a cool greenhouse or conservatory
Propogation by cuttings
From Late Summer TO Late Summer
Root semi-ripe cuttings in late summer with bottom heat
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