Guava plants thrive in any soil with good drainage and full sun for best flowering and fruit production. These are more accurately berries with soft flesh, which may be white, pink, yellow, or even red, and which vary in taste from acidic, sour to sweet, and rich depending on the variety. Guava trees produce white, 1-inch (2.5 cm.) flowers that yield small round, oval, or pear-shaped fruits. The guava tree is an interesting plant with mottled greenish bark and long 3- to 7-inch (7.5 to 18 cm.) serrated leaves. The guava fruit grows on a small tree with a wide, short canopy and a sturdy single- to multi-stemmed trunk. Given enough guava tree information, it is possible to grow these small trees in a greenhouse or sunroom and reap the benefits of their Vitamin C-rich fruits. That said, the plants are attractive and produce deliciously rich, sweet fruits that are excellent fresh or in desserts.
The trees are very frost tender and will succumb to a freeze when young, although adult trees may survive short periods of cold. In the United States, they are found in Hawaii, the Virgin Islands, Florida, and a few sheltered areas in California and Texas. Guava fruit trees ( Psidium guajava) are not a common sight in North America and need a decidedly tropical habitat.
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