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Guava
Psidium guajava
Guava is a fast-growing evergreen shrub or small tree from the American tropics, grown for fruit that is very high in vitamin C and heavy for its size - a single bearing tree can produce fifty pounds or more a year. It spreads readily by bird-carried seed and forms dense thickets where left unmanaged, so picking up windfalls and grazing beneath it are part of growing it. A hard freeze can kill the top growth back to the ground, but the tree typically resprouts from the base and returns to fruiting within a few years.
Record at a glance
Growing profile
- Sun
- Full Sun
- USDA zone
- USDA 9–12
- Soil
- Sand · Loam · Clay
- Moisture
- Well-Drained · Moist
Vertical layer
Sub-Canopy- Soil pH
- 5.5–7
- Plant type
- Evergreen Tree
- Mature height
- 20–30 ft
- Mature spread
- 20–32 ft
- Plant spacing
- 15–20 ft
- Root type
- Fibrous-shallow
- Spread pattern
- Seed
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