Fruit trees.Consider planting a guava tree. Make sure it’s a tropical guava (Psidium guajava) and not a pineapple guava (Feijoa sellowiana) or a strawberry guava (Psidium callleianum).

Strawberry guava is a tree from the myrtle family which grows in tropical environments. Also known as Cattley guava, strawberry guava is a native of the Amazon rainforest.

The state is once again seeking approval to release a Brazilian scale insect into Hawaii forests to control the spread of the popular but environmentally needy strawberry guava tree. The state ...

Unlike the common guava, the red strawberry guava is not prone to the attacks of the guava fruit fly. The only real trouble is getting to the fruits before the birds do. These trees do well in a wide ...

A: Our desert is a great place to grow strawberry guava except for our cold winters and occasional snowfall. The fruit grows on new growth from a small tree, 10 to 20 feet tall.

Unless you have planted or inherited a strawberry guava tree in your yard, chances are you will never experience it’s exotic, tropical flavor.Like the common guava (a la guava jelly), the fruit ...

How to Pick a Ripe Guava. A ripe guava will have some give when you squeeze it, says Richard LaMarita, chef-instructor of plant-based culinary arts at the Institute of Culinary Education.