Bambina Dwarf Pineapple Guava (Feijoa Sellowiana ‘ Tharfiona’) – 3 Gallon Pot

Always wanted Pineapple Guava but didn’t have the space?…meet ‘Bambina’ a dwarf selection which might reach 4 to 5 feet tall and wide when all grown up, making it a perfect fit for smaller garden spaces and containers. It is adored for its exotic looking flowers and tasty fruits, both of which are edible and delicious. The tricolor, 1 to 1.5 inch diameter white, pink and red flowers are sugar-sweet, but don’t eat too many or you won’t have any fruit! The wonderfully fragrant, egg-shaped, kiwi-sized blue-green fruits are creamy white on the inside with a flavor that can only be described as somewhere between a strawberry and pineapple, hence the common name. The fruits are ready for harvest in late fall, when fruit is often scarce in the garden. The dense shrub has a rounded form with new leaves emerging a lighter gray aging to gray-green. Everything about this shrub says tropical, but it is cold hardy in the ground as far north as USDA Zone 8b, and can be grown in containers that can be moved to interior space during winter in zones north of 8b. That said, planting it close to the wall of a heated home or other structure can enhance hardiness. Make sure to plant Pineapple Guava where you can enjoy the flowers and fragrant fruit from up close.

Please Note: Though self-fruitful, no Pineapple Guava varieties are entirely self-fertile. The percentage varies per type, weather, cross-pollination, bird and bee activity, etc. Planting two varieties is suggested for best fruit production. Click on the link below to find an article that provides helpful tips for increasing fruit production on Pineapple Guava.

NOTE: As with all of our other plants and trees, all of our fruit plants are grown in containers outdoors so they are fully rooted and landscape-ready upon arrival.

Note:  For our customers who live and garden north of  USDA Plant Hardiness Zone 8b, where Bambina Pineapple Guava is not reliably winter hardy outdoors, you’ll be happy to know it can be grown in containers that can be brought indoors during winter and placed back outside when temperatures warm up in spring.

Spacing:  3 to 4 feet apart for solid hedge; 8 feet apart for space between plants

Bambina Pineapple Guava is easy to grow in a moist but well drained soil with plenty of organic matter and full sun or part shade. It adapts to both acid or alkaline soil conditions so pH isn’t usually a concern. Condition heavy clay soils with bagged top soil or mini pine bark to ensure good drainage. It can be pruned for shaping purposes in early spring or after harvesting the fruit. Pineapple Guava flowers are produced on new growth (new shoots), so pruning in early spring will not prevent flowering and fruiting later in the season. Avoid winter pruning. Once established, Pineapple Guava is quite drought tolerant.