What is this plant
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Sherrie S
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I just found this on a huge bush at my rental property. I want one for my yard but don't know what it is. It is covered with the flowers.
24 answers
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Looks like Pineapple guava, its an ornamental. Will get about 5 to 6 feet tall, like a small tree, or will bush depending on how you trim it.
Susan
on Apr 05, 2012
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Susan, thank you so much. I looked it up & you are 100% correct.
Sherrie S
on Apr 05, 2012
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This is so exotic. It looks like it would need a tropical environment to thrive.
Murals by Monti
on Apr 05, 2012
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Wow! This is gorgeous! Lucky you!
Bernice H
on Apr 05, 2012
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Don't know what it is, but it's awful pretty...looks almost artifical... leaves look alot like gardenia leaves, but the flowers done resemble anything I've seen living....
Sharon A
on Apr 05, 2012
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Sharon A, I cut off the flower & put it in a small vase to see if it would last an hour or so. As I look at it tonight it is still beautiful. I thought it looked artificial, too, but it isn't. Murals by Monti, it lasted through the coldest Florida weather & some of my cold hardy plants died because of the cold. We had a bad year. This plant is about 8' high and at least as wide.
Sherrie S
on Apr 05, 2012
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Very pretty!
CAROL H
on Apr 05, 2012
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I have acouple of friends who are trying to find plants to garden with in FL...they're fairly new to living there, and have no idea what to grow other than Pointsettias, citrus, and catus type...they live in the Daytona and the Lakeland areas.
Sharon A
on Apr 06, 2012
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looks liks a gauve tree
Ann S
on Apr 06, 2012
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i have one near my koi pond
Ann S
on Apr 06, 2012
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Yes, definitely a pineapple guava, or Feijoa sellowiana. (It actually has been renamed Acca sellowiana but everyone seems to use the old name.) Very good large shrub or small tree for Florida and hardy into zone 8. It will take some salt spray as well so it's a very good choice for those on the coast. (Murals by Monti: it is widely grown in California as well.) I have one trained as a standard right off my back patio and hope it is soon blooming as beautifully as yours, Sherrie. The blossoms are edible and make a fanciful addition to a salad. The fruit is said to be tasty as well.
Douglas Hunt
on Apr 06, 2012
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That is one funky looking plant! I know I'd be wrong but I would guess some mad scientist spliced some seeds and created this in a laboratory.
Teresa D
on Apr 06, 2012
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Douglas, you & Susan are right. Teresa D, whadda ya mean mad scientist? That is one neat looking plant. You're jealous, right?
Sherrie S
on Apr 06, 2012
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lol @Sherrie. It is pretty cool. It looks like it could devour insects though. *cue lightening flash and scary music*
Teresa D
on Apr 06, 2012
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I've seen quite a few of those here, though I never knew what they were... in one townhouse community, they were treated as hedges... mixed in with wax myrtle & boxwood.... clipped into a square shape... (Of course, those idiot landscapers were also clipping the GARDENIAS like that, too!)
Lindy Hall
on May 09, 2015
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Love it.
Cathy
on Aug 03, 2015
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My Mother was always so proud of her Bottle Brush Shrub (Callistemon citrinus). I had to look at it every time I visited her in San Antonio, Texas. (Zone 7)
Sandra Whittier
on Aug 09, 2015
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It is feijoia
Cinzia chiaramonte
on Aug 13, 2015
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It looks like a Bottle Brush to me. They are pretty common here in central Florida.
DeAnn Padelo
on Nov 29, 2015
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it is known as a fejoa tree. if u let it grow to it's full potential without clipping it back, it will fruit. the fruit are the same shape and colour of the leaves, and are absolutley sweet and gorgeous to eat. and the bee's love the flowers.
Mau5206089
on Apr 12, 2016
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Maureenklomp I couldn't thank you here so I hope you see this post. Yes, that is the plant you described and I thank you. I will let part of it grow tall to see what it does.
Sherrie S
on Apr 12, 2016
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The common name is pineapple guava. I have never seen one so huge. They are delicious, Open and scoop the fruit out.
Gina
on Jun 21, 2016
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It is very pretty and cannot blame you for wanting one in your yard too.
Sue Kiene
on Aug 05, 2016
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This is a feijoa. Very tasty fruit. Cut in half and eat out with a spoon. Can be used for preserves and cakes as well.
Betty Patricio
on Oct 26, 2016
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