Makes great juice, jelly, mousse, Guava butter and Guava pudding. Small graceful tree well adapted to growing inside. Has such a profusion of beautiful flowers that they seem to cover the entire plant. Cold hardy to 18 degrees outside. Evergreen shrub that grows to 3 ft.
Leaves are small, pointed and bright green, when rubbed give off a pleasant scent.
The 1 inch wide flowers are also very fragrant. Easy to grow inside. A small flowering tree well suited for container raising. Hardy to about 10 degrees. One of the most common shrubs used for house plants because of its easy to care for habits.