FEIJOA TREE, Feijoa sellowiana

Sometimes called the pineapple guava the feijoa, although in the same family is not a guava. Becoming increasingly popular as a commercial crop, the fruit has the taste and aroma of strawberry, pineapple, lemon, passionfruit and guava. The tiny edible seeds are embedded in a jellylike center. The spectacular purple, pink and white flowers have sweet delicious petals that make a superb ingredient in sweets and drinks.
Trees are very attractive and can be planted to form beautiful flowering and fruiting hedges, screens or windbreaks.  They espalier well and can be trained as a small standard tree or a multi-trunked specimen.  They are well suited to pot culture and even seedling trees will produce flowers and fruits after as little as three years. 

Feijoa

A very ornamental small bushy tree bearing egg shaped green skinned fruit that have a pleasant flavour. The scarlet flowers in spring are very showy and are sweet and edible.

140mm | $9.90 AU | None in stock |

Feijoa - Apollo

Medium to large, oval fruit. Flavor very pleasant, quality excellent. Ripens mid to late-season. The tree is upright, spreading, tall, vigorous and productive. Feijoa is also referred to as pineapple guava, which are very ornamental with attractive red flowers in spring.

175mm | $24.90 AU | None in stock |

Feijoa - Duffy

Australian selection from Victoria, excellent size up to 200gm. Very pleasant non-gritty flavour. Has proven to be a good commercial variety. Feijoas are highly ornamental with beautiful red flowers followed by delicous autumn fruit.

175mm | $24.90 AU | None in stock |

Feijoa - Large Oval

Large Oval - A sweet fruit and as the name suggests of oval shape and good size. Good quality. Self-fertile but will produce heavier crops when cross-pollinated.

175mm | $24.90 AU | None in stock |

Feijoa - Mammoth

A large, round to oval fruit with a slightly wrinkled thick skin. Very good flavour and quality. Self-fertile but bears larger fruit with cross-pollination.

175mm | $24.90 AU | None in stock |

Feijoa - Nazematze

A large, pear shaped fruit with sweet pulp that doesn’t darken after being cut. Excellent quality fruit. Self-fertile but bears heavily if cross pollinated.

175mm | $24.90 AU | None in stock |

Feijoa - Triumph

Bears short oval plump fruit with a unique sharp flavour. Good flesh to seed ratio. Bears heavily if crossed with Mammoth.

175mm | $24.90 AU | None in stock |

Feijoa - Unique

This is a self fertile cultivar from New Zealand. It a small productive, vigorous tree growing to about 2.5m making it ideal for smaller back yards. Flesh is smooth and of good flavour, fruits are early to ripen. Performs well in cooler areas.

175mm | $24.90 AU | None in stock |

Tips on Feijoa Tree ^BETA

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Feijoa

Sweet white flower petals , especially when eaten before breakfast . | R O L F - Bankstown , Sydney, NSW 22-Dec-2005

Feijoa

Only buy varieties with low grafts as they sprout low.Hedge well but reduces fruiting. Remove 1 leader each year (usually about 5) after established. Mulch well & keep water up in heat when flowering. We have occasional snow flurries and these guys are OK | Kim Ferguson - Mudgee, NSW 09-Apr-2006

Feijoa

Tough, easily grown plant. Must have a few and preferably different varieties for adequate pollination. Trim only after fruit flush is finished. Apply potash late Winter. Eat the fruit out of hand and flowers in salads. | David White - Newcastle, NSW 28-May-2006

Feijoa Tree

Easy grown but has issues with Fruit Flies so need care to collect all dropped fruit and use fruit fly baits or trap. | Ross Duncan - Yandina, QLD 06-Apr-2008

For Further Information:

California Rare Fruit Growers
Growing Fruit in Warm Climates

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