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Guava
Psidium guajava
Tropical evergreen shrub with fragrant fruit; needs full sun and frost protection in most US.
- Pollinator friendly
- Native to North America
Sunlight
Full Sun
Water
Regular
USDA zones
9–11
Spacing
15 ft
Mature size
15 ft tall, 15 ft wide
Bloom
Late spring to early summer
Growing facts
- Botanical name
- Psidium guajava
- Type
- Fruit Tree
- Category
- Fruit Trees
- Lifecycle
- perennial
- USDA hardiness zones
- 9–11
- Sunlight
- Full Sun
- Water
- Regular
- Plant spacing
- 15 ft
- Mature size
- 15 ft tall, 15 ft wide
- Bloom season
- Late spring to early summer
- Harvest season
- Late summer to fall
- Pollinator friendly
- Yes
- Deer resistant
- No
- Native to North America
- Yes