Pineapple Guava Live Plant, Feijoa Evergreen Fruit Tree, Acca Sellowiana, Edible Flowers, Aromatic Tropical Fruit, Self Fertile

Bring evergreen beauty, fragrant flowers, and delicious tropical-style fruit to your garden with Pineapple Guava (Acca sellowiana), also known as Feijoa!

This versatile fruiting shrub is prized for its attractive silver-green foliage, beautiful edible flowers, and aromatic fruit. It can be grown as a specimen plant, privacy hedge, or large-container plant in suitable climates.

🌸 Why Grow Pineapple Guava?

• Edible Flowers: Produces beautiful flowers with edible petals.

• Aromatic Fruit: Enjoy its distinctive tropical-style fruit.

• Evergreen Foliage: Attractive silver-green leaves provide year-round interest in suitable climates.

• Versatile Landscape Plant: Great as a specimen shrub or small tree, privacy hedge, or large-container plant.

• Self-Fertile: Considered self-fertile, but planting two different trees nearby can improve fruit production and fruit quality.

• Easy to Maintain: Responds well to pruning and is described by the grower as virtually pest-free and deer-resistant.

🌿 Plant Details

• Common Name: Pineapple Guava, Feijoa

• Botanical Name: Acca sellowiana

• Plant Type: Evergreen fruiting shrub or small tree

• USDA Zones: 8–11

• Mature Height: Approximately 6–15 feet

• Foliage: Silver-green evergreen leaves

• Flowering: Attractive edible flowers

• Fruit: Aromatic, tropical-style fruit

• Pollination: Considered self-fertile; a second compatible tree may improve the harvest

☀️ Growing and Care

Sunlight: Full sun is best for flower and fruit production, ideally at least 6 hours of direct sunlight daily. Plants tolerate partial shade. In very hot climates, afternoon shade can help protect them from extreme heat.

Soil: Prefers rich, slightly acidic to neutral, well-draining soil.

Water: Drought-tolerant once established, but regular deep watering during dry summer weather can support better growth and fruit production.

Chill Requirements: Approximately 50–200 chill hours below 45°F, according to the grower.

Heat: Prolonged temperatures consistently above 100°F can be stressful. Afternoon shade is helpful in very hot locations.

❄️ Cold Hardiness

Pineapple guava is unusually cold-hardy for an evergreen fruit plant. Established plants may tolerate temperatures down to approximately 15°F, but prolonged exposure below that temperature can cause significant damage and affect the following season's fruit production.

Leaves may drop when temperatures fall below approximately 12°F. They often regrow the following spring.

For gardens in USDA zones below Zone 8, choose a sheltered location with protection from cold winds. Actual cold tolerance depends on plant establishment, exposure, and growing conditions.

📦 What You Will Receive

• Fully rooted, potted Pineapple Guava plant

• Grown in a soilless planting mix

• Detailed planting, growing, and care instructions

• Access to grower support by phone or email

These are rooted plants, not seeds or bare-root cuttings. With suitable growing conditions, the plants may grow quickly; the grower estimates approximately 3–6 feet of growth in one growing season. Actual growth varies with climate, care, and establishment.

🚚 Shipping Information

• Free shipping to most locations.

• A freight surcharge applies to Alaska, APO addresses, U.S. territories, and locations considered remote.

• Orders may be held when temperatures are above 89°F or below 20°F to help protect plants during transit.

• Please enter your preferred ship date in the Special Instructions to Seller box at checkout.

• Every plant is inspected before shipment.

Plants are rarely damaged during shipping. If your order arrives damaged, contact us promptly and include photos of the package and plant so we can help resolve the issue.

Add Pineapple Guava to your garden for attractive evergreen foliage, beautiful edible flowers, and aromatic fruit!