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Dave Poole wrote:

Feijoa grows reasonably well in sheltered sunny spots in the south,
but its early flowering means that fruit is rarely set out of doors in
the UK. If grown in a frost free greenhouse the flowers need to be
hand pollinated to ensure a reasonable crop. Feijoa makes a handsome
and easily grown shrub for a medium-sized to large container and can
be stood out of doors in summer. Although not a particular
lime-hater, it seems to grow best in an ericaceous compost.

Let's see how mine does this year and on. It is kept outside in
winter, in a not particularly sheletered spot, and seems happy. It
flowered last year, perhaps because it didn't wake up early (which
is why Holboellia fails). It is in a neutral "John Innes" compost
with quite a lot of organic material.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.