Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz — CC BY 4.0 · source
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Survives zone 8 through 9
Dark red-purple berries, aromatic and sweet — close to Chilean guava but less intensely strawberry-scented; fresh and preserved. Care: Winter protection — mulch, fleece, or a warm wall.
- Hardiness
- Zone 8 to 9
- Habit
- Shrub
- Edible part
- Fruit
- Ripens
- Autumn
- Mature size
- Compact evergreen shrub 1–2 m; good in containers
- Light
- Full sun to partial
- Soil pH
- 5.5–7.0 (acid–neutral; dislikes chalk)
- Environment
- Temperate rainforest
- Status
- Wild
- Years to fruit
- 2–3 yrs
- Pollination
- Self-fertile