How to Landscape With Pineapple Guava
- 1). Select a location for your pineapple guava that receives partial to full sun and has well-draining soil. Because it can grow tall, decide if you want it as a backdrop for other plants or if you want to keep it pruned as a medium-sized shrub.
- 2). Dig a planting hole twice the size of this plant's root system and combine the soil with 1 part organic compost to every 4 parts of soil. Set your plant into the planting hole and fill with the soil and compost you mixed.
- 3). Plant multiple plants approximately 4 to 6 feet apart if you want to use this plant as a hedge. Prune it when it begins to grow tall to keep it the height and width you want.
- 4). Plant taller plants behind your pineapple guava if you plan to keep it pruned. Because it can tolerate partial shade, consider growing it under a tree such as a willow, which will allow filtered sun to reach the growing area.
- 5). Grow your pineapple guava in the center of a round bed if you want to surround it with shorter flowering plants such as salvias or chrysanthemums and annuals such as zinnias and petunias in shades of white, pink to red.
- 6). Fertilize your pineapple guava three times a year, in February, May and August with a plant food having an N-P-K ratio of 21-0-0. Scatter 1 to 2 cups of granular plant food on the soil surface for each inch of trunk diameter.