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Chilean Guava

Flowers and fruit are produced in the 2nd or 3rd year. White-pink tinged bell-shaped flowers borne in clusters followed by round dark red fruit, 1.5cm in diameter, intense aromatic flavour and aroma – Sherbet bomb.

Habit - An attractive slow-growing shrub. Young plants appear straggly and leggy but form a compact shrub after a few years with the help of pruning. Small dark green leaves with the new growth tinged red.

Size - An attractive, compact shrub 1.5 x 0.6m

Pollination - Self-fertile.

Harvest - Fruit ripen from late summer to early autumn when the fruit is plump and a lighter red.


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