Yellow Cherry Guava

Psidium littorale var. littorale

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Decorative foliaged evergreen shrub to small tree with small sweet, flavoursome yellow skinned fruits.

FEATURES: Small pointed dark green foliage forms a bushy shrub to small tree of around 2-5m by I-2m. Flowers are typical fluffy white stamens of the Myrtaceae family inside 4-5 white petals seen during to early summer. Guava fruits are highly variable. This selection, the Yellow Cherry guava as small sweet tasting rounded yellow fruit with white or pink flesh. In warm climates fruit is produced mostly in late Summer and Autumn and in tropical climates plants may have two crops per year.

CONDITIONS: Well suited to fertile, free draining soil in sunny sites. Sensitive to frost.

FOR BEST RESULTS: Enrich soil with well rotted compost and mulch well to retain soil moisture. Best sited to avoid strong winds which may damage fruit laden trees. Prune to encourage woody stems close to the main framework which with bear fruit.

PLANTING IDEAS AND USES:

• ornamental fruiting informal hedge

• use fruit fresh or cooked in dessert recipes

• drink the pulverised juice

• make jam or jelly