Pineapple Guava

Pineapple Guava offers silvery evergreen foliage, unusual edible flowers and aromatic fruit when conditions allow. Its dense, rounded, multi-stemmed habit makes it a useful choice for specimen, hedge, screen, edible landscape, coastal garden. Plant it in full sun to part shade. Water needs: Average; drought tolerant once established. It typically reaches 10–15 ft in height and 10–15 ft in width, although growth varies with climate, soil, pruning and care.

Plant details

• Botanical name: Acca sellowiana
• Light: Full sun to part shade
• USDA zones: 8–11
• Mature height: 10–15 ft
• Mature width: 10–15 ft
• Foliage: Evergreen
• Water: Average; drought tolerant once established
• Landscape uses: Specimen, hedge, screen, edible landscape, coastal garden

Plant size and performance vary with climate, soil, pruning and care.