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Psidium guajava

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John J

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Psidium guajava
« on: October 24, 2011, 11:55:28 AM »
We arrived back from Mallorca/Menorca just in time for the ripening of the fruit on the Guava. It is also an attractive tree in its own right with the peeling bark.
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Cyprus Branch Head. Gardens in a field 40 m above sea level with reasonably fertile clay soil.
"Aphrodite emerged from the sea and came ashore and at her feet all manner of plants sprang forth" John Deacon (13thC AD)
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Alisdair

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Re: Psidium guajava
« Reply #1 on: October 24, 2011, 12:58:42 PM »
That certainly shows how very attractive the bark is. Do you make the jelly?
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Alisdair Aird
Gardens in SE England (Sussex); also coastal Southern Greece, and (in a very small way) South West France; MGS member (and former president); vice chairman RHS Lily Group, past chairman Cyclamen Society
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John J

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Re: Psidium guajava
« Reply #2 on: October 24, 2011, 01:36:32 PM »
They don't last long enough for that Alisdair! I peel and eat them straight off the tree, it's usually a race between me and the birds!
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Cyprus Branch Head. Gardens in a field 40 m above sea level with reasonably fertile clay soil.
"Aphrodite emerged from the sea and came ashore and at her feet all manner of plants sprang forth" John Deacon (13thC AD)
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Alisdair

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Re: Psidium guajava
« Reply #3 on: October 24, 2011, 02:37:48 PM »
Sounds like our grapes here in UK - this year I didn't get a single one....
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Alisdair Aird
Gardens in SE England (Sussex); also coastal Southern Greece, and (in a very small way) South West France; MGS member (and former president); vice chairman RHS Lily Group, past chairman Cyclamen Society
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Alisdair

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Re: Psidium guajava and Psidium cattleianum
« Reply #4 on: August 08, 2012, 07:21:36 PM »
More of John J's pictures of the guava, and of the related strawberry guava, can be seen by clicking here.
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Alisdair Aird
Gardens in SE England (Sussex); also coastal Southern Greece, and (in a very small way) South West France; MGS member (and former president); vice chairman RHS Lily Group, past chairman Cyclamen Society
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