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Survives zone 8 through 9
Orange-yellow fruit, sweet-tart and aromatic with a faint apricot note; fresh and preserved. One of the more cold-tolerant Eugenias. Care: Winter protection — mulch, fleece, or a warm wall.
- Hardiness
- Zone 8 to 9
- Habit
- Shrub
- Edible part
- Fruit
- Ripens
- Summer
- Mature size
- Evergreen tree 5–10 m; containerable when young
- Light
- Full sun to partial
- Soil pH
- 5.5–7.0 (acid–neutral; dislikes chalk)
- Environment
- Subtropical woodland
- Status
- Both wild and cultivated
- Years to fruit
- 3–5 yrs
- Pollination
- Self-fertile, better with a partner