Mature 1 gallon pots, 2 years old. This is one of the easiest guavas to grow and the bite sized fruit are truly tasty! Kids love them. This dense evergreen shrub from South America is grown for its attractive flowers and tart but sweet edible purplish red fruit with a hint of strawberry flavor, its foliage has a gray-green cast and makes a very handsome shrub. Height 4′ to 8′ It grows in climates from cool temperate to subtropical.