SERIES 18 | Episode 33. The guava comes from South America and is a marvellous fruit-bearing plant. Most people know it as feijoa, but it's really Acca, or as I prefer, the pineapple guava.

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 ...

Look upon it as an opportunity to prune, Alex Silber says cheerfully. (Check out the Papaya Tree Nursery video on “How to Prune a Guava Tree, Parts 1 & 2” .) ...

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).

But it's time to plant the fruit trees - starting with small varieties, like strawberry guava, which grows to about 2 metres. Cumquat is another small favourite.