{"product_id":"psidium-cattleianum-lucidum","title":"Psidium cattleianum lucidum","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEdible fruit.\u003c\/strong\u003e Sold here as a fruit-bearing plant grown for its harvest of yellow strawberry guavas, not as an ornamental.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePsidium cattleianum lucidum\u003c\/strong\u003e, the \u003cstrong\u003eyellow strawberry guava\u003c\/strong\u003e, turns a British patio into a fruit farm with ideas above its latitude: a glossy evergreen shrub with polished cinnamon bark, fluffy white blossom, and sweet lemon-yellow guavas that taste of strawberry, guava and citrus all at once. Connoisseurs rate the yellow form the finest-flavoured strawberry guava of all.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe sell it honestly as a \u003cstrong\u003epatio and conservatory fruit\u003c\/strong\u003e: outdoors in full sun from May to October, under bright cover for winter, exactly like a citrus. Grown to that rhythm it is easy, self-fertile, quick to flower and genuinely productive under glass.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eHow and where to grow\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePosition:\u003c\/strong\u003e full sun on the summer patio; bright and frost free in winter.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSoil:\u003c\/strong\u003e rich, free-draining compost in a generous pot.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e easily kept 1-2 m in a container.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eHardiness:\u003c\/strong\u003e H2; not for winters outdoors.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt anchors our edible exotics shelf beside the \u003ca href=\"\/products\/eriobotrya-japonica-rose-anne\"\u003eloquat 'Rose Anne'\u003c\/a\u003e and its crimson twin the \u003ca href=\"\/products\/psidium-cattleyanum\"\u003ered strawberry guava\u003c\/a\u003e, and earns a summer place among our \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/plants-for-pots\"\u003eplants for pots\u003c\/a\u003e and wider \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/hardy-exotics\"\u003ehardy exotics\u003c\/a\u003e display.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNursery-grown young plants ready to pot on. Overwintering honesty in our \u003ca href=\"\/pages\/hardy-exotics-what-to-expect\"\u003eseasonal expectations guide\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"GROW TROPICALS","offers":[{"title":"9cm \/ 0.5L","offer_id":58370011005311,"sku":"PSIDLUCI9","price":8.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0361\/9645\/0348\/files\/lucidum.jpg?v=1789653368","url":"https:\/\/growtropicals.com\/products\/psidium-cattleianum-lucidum","provider":"GrowTropicals","version":"1.0","type":"link"}