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Candybox Chilean Guava
Ugni molinae 'PI16'
Also called candybox, pretty berry, chilean guava and strawberry myrtle
Also comes in pink.
Candybox Chilean Guava blooms from May through June.
Months here are Northern Hemisphere months; in the Southern Hemisphere, shift them by six months.
Growing Candybox Chilean Guava
Plant it in full sun. It prefers moderate water. It is hardy in USDA zones 8–11. Expect it to reach about 4.5 ft tall and 2.5 ft wide at maturity, in roughly 5 years (a house reading).
Pets
- Not yet checked for pets.
Lists differ and none is complete. If a pet eats a plant and seems unwell, call a veterinarian or a pet poison helpline.
No toxicity note is on file for Candybox Chilean Guava. That is not a clearance: check its safety for people and pets before planting.
What was checked
Mature height and spread, hardiness zones, sun, water, bloom months and color and the trait tags were checked against named botanical sources for this plant, with what the sources could not settle written down; years to mature size rests on a recorded house rule where no publisher states one, and is marked so; its common name and alternate names have not been checked yet. Each fact above carries its own mark. The planting, spacing and size sections are derived from these checked facts by a fixed rule, not checked separately, and the plant type is the library's own classification.
When to plant Candybox Chilean Guava
Plant Candybox Chilean Guava in early spring as soon as the soil is workable, or in early fall at least six weeks before your first frost, so roots establish in cool weather. In zone 9, the middle of its hardy zones 8 to 11, spring means January to March and fall means October or November. Once settled, it blooms from May to June.
Month-by-month timing for your zone is on the planting calendar; if you garden near zone 9, the middle of this plant's hardy range, start with zone 9 in January. Derived from the plant's category, zones and bloom months plus typical zone frost dates, not checked separately.
How big does Candybox Chilean Guava get?
4.5 fttall5 ft 7 inan adult2.5 ftwideSee Candybox Chilean Guava in a garden plan: the planner shows it in 3D beside everything else you add, growing toward this size over the years.
How far apart to plant Candybox Chilean Guava
Derived from the mature spread above by a fixed rule, not checked separately: spacing is the spread, center to center.
Space Candybox Chilean Guava about 2.5 ft apart, center to center, so each plant has room to reach its full width.
Add Candybox Chilean Guava to a garden plan and the planner draws it at its full width, so you see the spacing before you buy.
Where these facts come from
Candybox Chilean Guava's height, spread, hardiness zones, sun, water, bloom months and color, trait tags, soil, diseases, pests and toxicity were checked against 9 published sources on October 14, 2026. Each one is linked below with every fact it carried, which can include a fact this page still marks as not yet checked, because a source carrying a value is not the same as the value being held to the standard. Facts not in that list, and the planting, spacing and size sections, are not covered by these sources.
- Plant Addictsheight, spread, hardiness zones, sun, water, bloom months and color, trait tags, soil and pests
- growtropicals.comGrow Tropicalsheight, spread, sun, water, bloom months and color, trait tags, soil and toxicity
- eureka.patsnap.comUS Plant Patent PP37737, Viveros Hijuelas (Patsnap full-text mirror)height, spread, hardiness zones, bloom months and color, trait tags, diseases and pests
- Proven Winnersheight, hardiness zones, sun and bloom months and color
- springmeadownursery.comSpring Meadow Nurseryspread, bloom months and color, trait tags and soil
- edepot.wur.nlKVBC, Dendroflora 60 [2024], M.L.G. Lijmbachheight, bloom months and color and trait tags
- provenwinnerscolorchoice.comProven Winners ColorChoicesun, water, trait tags and soil
- floramor.beFlorAmorbloom months and color and trait tags
- RHSRoyal Horticultural Societydiseases and pests
How the checking works, and what each standard covers, is on the verified plants page.
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