Feijoa sellowiana ‘Coolidge’ is a compact cultivar of pineapple guava, producing aromatic, pear-textured edible fruit and attractive white to red flowers with edible pink petals. It is self-fertile, relatively drought-tolerant, and suited to pruning as a small tree or maintaining as a dense shrub for screening and hedges. This cultivar performs poorly in salty coastal conditions.

Native Range: South America

Horticultural use: Screen, Espalier or Hedged

Tree Shape: Rounded
Foliage Type: Evergreen
Maximum Tree Height: 25 feet
Canopy Width: 18-25feet
Growth Rate: ~24in/year
Leaf Arrangement and Form: Opposite and Simple
Leaf Shape: Oval
Leaf Color: Green
Fall Color: No
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Purple, Red or White
Flower Type: Has male and female reproductive parts in each flower (perfect)
Flower Time: Spring or Summer
Fruit Size and Color: Large Gray or Mostly Green Berry
Fruiting Time: Fall or Winter
Fruit Value: Edible
Bark Color: Light Green
Bark Texture: Scaly
Litter Type: Wet Fruit

Recommended Planting Area: 4′ to 7′
Water Use Rating: Low
Sunset Climate Zone: 7 – 9 and 12 – 24
Soil Texture: Loam, Sand or Clay
Soil pH: Slightly Acidic to Very Alkaline
Salt Tolerance: Moderate
Schoolyard Trees: No
Shade Tolerance: No

Branch Strength: Medium
Root Damage Potential: Low
Potential health issues: None Known
Wildlife Interactions: Attracts Bees and Birds
Utility Friendly: Yes