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Survives zone 8 through 9
Feijoa — aromatic pineapple/guava with wintergreen notes; granular pulp. Very good (better flavoured in cool regions) Care: Winter protection — mulch, fleece, or a warm wall.
- Hardiness
- Zone 8 to 9
- Habit
- Shrub
- Edible part
- Fruit
- Ripens
- Autumn — drops when ripe
- Mature size
- Shrub 2–4.5 m; EXCELLENT in containers, takes hard pruning
- Light
- Full sun; tolerates partial
- Soil pH
- 5.5–7.0 (acid–neutral; dislikes chalk)
- Environment
- Subtropical highland
- Status
- Cultivated
- Years to fruit
- 3–4 yrs
- Pollination
- Partially self-fertile — much better with a 2nd cultivar