they will loose leaves in the winter, and you probably wont start getting fruit till late summer - lasting until late fall (first frost usually for mine).

but, to me, its a great tree... healthy fruit, easy to care for, grows and fruits fast.

ive got several (New Orleans - zone 9)

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I would suggest tasting the various types to be sure you like them There are dozens of different kinds. Don't spend years growing something you don't like in the first place .That's what I did lol gary

Our store doesn't have guavas...

I vote yes, really easy tree to grow usually and should be very productive. If you don't like the variety of fruit you end up with you can always use it in cooking or processing for jams, jellies, guava duff etc.

I think a guava will probably grow well, many Vietnamese and Filipino immigrants in inland southern California have a large guava tree in their backyards. The question is: do you like guava?

If you have never tasted it before, it's not really the best type of fruit there is, in my opinion, though it does have an exotic tropical taste.

The problem with a guava tree is it's going to produce huge amounts of fruit, and you are probably not going to feel like eating a large number of guavas at one time.