Chilean Guava Update

When my 6 plants arrived from Suttons Seeds they looked extremely healthy but their progress has been slow since. I have noticed some round growths which have been getting larger and larger.

At first I thought these may have been the berries themselves but after re-checking images on the internet, I'm fairly sure that these are actually the flowers emerging.

The flowers when they are fully revealed are very attractive and have an almost fuscia-like look to them. The berries themselves look a little like a blueberry in shape but a deep red in colour and apparently have a taste of wild strawberry.

Chilean Guava Budding

Walking round my garden after work this eve I spotted the first tiny but vibrant pink buds on a couple of my Chilean Guavas.

I've never grown them before so I am unsure how long it will take for them to mature to flowers but from the pictures I have seen on the internet they will look spectacular when they go off!

Chilean Guava Kapow

In the post today and right out of the box: 6 Chilean Guava plants. I had heard of them before but on spotting a great offer: Suttons Seeds, 6 plants for £10 (plus £4.99 p&p) I decided to give them a go.

Supposedly the plants were a favourite of Queen Victoria, they flower with an almost fuscia looking bloom and fruit small red berries that look similar to blueberries but promise a taste of wild strawberries.

The plants are hardy down to 10°c so they will need to come inside next winter. They will start to flower from May and can grow 1m - 1.5m.

I am very happy with plants I received and they look very healthy and have a lot of good growth (there even appeared to be a couple of tiny seedlings sharing a pot with one plant). I look forward to tasting this usual fruit.