Today I made a start on a task I usually do around Easter - picking the fruit from my Chilean guava (Ugni molinae) bushes. Love this plant because it’s attractive, easy to grow and has delicious fruit!

My sister was wandering in the botanic gardens one recent evening and met some people picking the bushes there. They gave her some to eat. They didn’t seem to be gardens staff, in which case top marks for some cheeky foraging 😆

#ChileanGuava #gardening #foraging

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ugni_molinae

Ugni molinae - Wikipedia

@simplicitarian we have a couple of "official" ones that we actually planted, but two have come up of their own accord in a flowerbed - presumably courtesy of birds. The funny thing is that one's a yellow guava, which we've never actually planted! And we don't have any very near neighbours. The other is a red-fruited one. Both have delicious fruit twice the size of the "official" ones. Those we eat fresh, the rest I use to make jelly - though I leave a fair number for the resident kererū population.
@ShayneParkinson I didn’t know there were yellow ones - nice!
@simplicitarian they lack the sharpness that makes the (red) jelly so delicious, but very nice to just sit and scoff.