Growing different varieties of Guava

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@Gkight

I’d never heard of that guava, does it taste good? (Subjective I know)

I’ve never had one! Luis says good things about them. I think it isn’t quite hardy enough for Seattle, though. They are similar to cattley guava, I think, just a bit more hardy.

There’s more info in the dedicated thread:

Psidium longipetiolatum (mountain cherry guava)

I got a small seedling of Psidium longipetiolatum (labeled as “mountain cherry guava”) as a bonus/freebie with my plant order from a local nursery in Seattle. They said this was their first time growing this species so they aren’t sure of cold hardiness, or anything else about it really. I found it mentioned a couple times in passing on this forum by @Luisport (e.g., this post), but not much about it beyond that. Does anyone know if this will be able to handle zone 8b? Will it be self-fertile…