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Survives zone 7 through 9
Chilean guava — small, sweet, intensely strawberry-scented. Excellent.
- Hardiness
- Zone 7 to 9
- Habit
- Shrub
- Edible part
- Fruit
- Ripens
- Autumn
- Mature size
- Compact evergreen 1–1.5 m; excellent in containers
- Light
- Full sun to partial
- Soil pH
- 5.5–7.0 (acid–neutral; dislikes chalk)
- Environment
- Temperate rainforest
- Status
- Both wild and cultivated
- Years to fruit
- 2–3 yrs
- Pollination
- Self-fertile