Grafted
Ruby Red / Ruby Supreme
Pink to ruby flesh, sweet, and still fragrant. This is the guava people expect when they say they want guava.
This variety
The fruit
Pink to ruby flesh, sweet, and still fragrant. This is the guava people expect when they say they want guava.
Taste, season, cold, and how to plant this one.
- Taste
- Pink to ruby flesh, sweet, and still fragrant. This is the guava people expect when they say they want guava.
- Ripens
- Fast to fruit. Watch for a yellow skin and a fragrant give. Birds will notice before you do.
- Zones
- Zones 9 to 11.
- Hardiness
- Same as other guavas: freeze hurts tops, mulch and they often return.
- Size
- Shrubby, 10 to 15 feet. The 15-gallon pots are already a presence in the yard.
- Tips
- Pick a firm-ripe one for slicing and a soft one for pulp. Net the bush if the mockingbirds move in.
- Pollination
- Self-fruitful.