Acca \u2013 Feijoa<\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n

Genus of 6 species of evergreen, opposite leaved shrubs found on elevated slopes, scrub, open woodlands areas of South America. \u00a0Grown for its cup shape flowers on the upper axis in midsummer. \u00a0In hot climates it bears guava-like fruit, which is edible. \u00a0It has simple smooth edged leaves with paler undersides.<\/p>\n

Indoors use a soil based potting mix in full sun. \u00a0During growing season apply liquid balanced fertilizer monthly.<\/p>\n

Outdoors grow in light well drained soil in full sun in sheltered site on a warm wall, and is tolerant to salt laden winds. \u00a0Can be used as a dense hedge and will survive moderate frost.<\/p>\n

Prone fungal leaf spots, root rots<\/i><\/em>\u00a0caused by water molds and Armillaria are found in poorly drained sites.<\/p>\n

Acca sallowiana \u2013 Feijoa selloviana \u2013 Pineapple Guava<\/b><\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Found from southern Brazil to northern Argentina, it can grow 10\u2019 feet tall and 10\u2019 feet wide or larger. \u00a0Old shrubs may develop flaky orange-brown bark. It has leathery, 3\u201d long, oval, glossy, gray green leaves with whitish wooly undersides. In midsummer it bears 1 \u00bd\u201d long red stamens and purple red petals with white edges on the undersides. \u00a0Followed by 2\u201d long green leathery skin fruit, with sweet aromatic cream flesh.<\/p>\n

Zone 8-10<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Acca \u2013 Feijoa Genus of 6 species of evergreen, opposite leaved shrubs found on elevated slopes, scrub, open woodlands areas of South America. \u00a0Grown for its cup shape flowers on the upper axis in midsummer. \u00a0In hot climates it bears guava-like fruit, which is edible. \u00a0It has simple smooth edged leaves with paler undersides. Indoors […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":[],"product_cat":[21,60,41,31,20],"product_tag":[],"common-name":[],"toolset-meta":{"plant-product-fields":{"is-featured-product":{"type":"checkbox","raw":""},"zone":{"type":"checkboxes","raw":"","checked":[],"formatted":""},"scientific-name":{"type":"textfield","raw":""}},"toolset-woocommerce-fields":{"_download_limit":{"type":"numeric","raw":"-1"},"_virtual":{"type":"checkbox","raw":"no"},"_downloadable":{"type":"checkbox","raw":"no"},"_download_expiry":{"type":"numeric","raw":"-1"},"_download_type":{"type":"radio","raw":""},"_regular_price":{"type":"numeric","raw":""},"_sale_price":{"type":"numeric","raw":""},"_sale_price_dates_from":{"type":"date","raw":"","formatted":null},"_sale_price_dates_to":{"type":"date","raw":"","formatted":null},"_sku":{"type":"textfield","raw":"PDE-160252376"},"_manage_stock":{"type":"checkbox","raw":"no"},"_stock_status":{"type":"radio","raw":"instock"},"_stock":{"type":"numeric","raw":null},"_backorders":{"type":"radio","raw":"no"},"_sold_individually":{"type":"checkbox","raw":"no"},"_width":{"type":"numeric","raw":""},"_weight":{"type":"numeric","raw":""},"_length":{"type":"numeric","raw":""},"_purchase_note":{"type":"textarea","raw":""}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/3871"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3871"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3871"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=3871"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=3871"},{"taxonomy":"common-name","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/common-name?post=3871"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}