Strawberry tree and Feijoa one year on

Spring is well and truly under way, Summer approaching -- officially, summer starts here in Australia on first day of December. One year ago, I took a photo of newly-planted Irish Strawberry tree and Feijoa:

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They were dormant all through the winter, even though winters are very mild here. The Feijoa even lost leaves. Now though, they have rebounded:

Heaps of new growth on the Irish Strawberry tree, but the Feijoa is recovering very slowly -- I wonder if it doesn't like the soil conditions? The ground cover plants have done well.    

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