Fruiting Pomegranate
Punica granatum 'Wonderful'
This improved fruiting variety makes a beautiful landscape specimen that bears delicious fruit! Fountain-like, upright branches display large orange-red blooms in summer and large, burnished red fruit in early fall. A culinary staple in Spanish and Middle Eastern cuisine, the pomegranate has emerged as a popular source of Vitamins C and B5, potassium and antioxidant polyphenols. This is the same variety as the popular brand of commercial pomegranate juice. A versatile plant that showcases well as a great shrub, small tree or espalier. Needs heat to produce fruit.
| Botanical Pronunciation: | PEW-ni-ka gra-NAY-tum |
| Key feature: | Edible Fruit |
| Plant types: | Tree, Shrub |
| Garden styles: | Cottage, Mediterranean, Rustic |
| Deciduous/evergreen: | Deciduous |
| Cold hardiness zones: | 7 - 11 |
| Light needs: | Full sun |
| Water Needs: | Needs regular watering - weekly, or more often in extreme heat. |
| Average landscape size: | Moderate grower to 10 ft. tall and wide. |
| Growth rate: | Moderate |
| Flower attribute: | Showy Flowers |
| Special features: | Attracts Hummingbirds, Deer Resistant, Easy Care, Edible, Fall Color, Showy Fruit, Waterwise |
| Landscape uses: | Border, Container, Firescaping/Fire Wise |
| Flower color: | Red |
| Blooms: | Summer flowers, fruit matures in fall |
| Foliage color: | Green |
| Item no.: | 6745 |
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Care Information
Follow a regular watering schedule during the first growing season to establish a deep, extensive root system. Feed with a general purpose fertilizer before new growth begins in spring. For a tidy, neat appearance, shear annually to shape. Pruning time: early spring.
Design Ideas
Pomegranate is exceptional for Mediterranean style gardens as well as most Xeriscape settings. This is an excellent choice for a courtyard specimen. Grow in fruit orchard or kitchen gardens. Good fruit producer in very hot gardens with difficult soils.
Companion Plants
As part of the edible garden, use Variegated Calamondin Orange (Citrus reticulata 'Calamondin Variegata') as a companion. Contrast the orange-red blooms with the purple-blue exotic flowers of a Passion Vine (Passiflora pfordtii) or the white fragrant flowers of Chilean Jasmine (Mandevilla laxa).
Lore
The single genus of the family Punciaceae was classified by Linnaeus who Latinized the ancient name, Malum puncium, which translates to "apple of Carthage" which was its early common name. Pomegranate fruit came to symbolize fertility due to its abundance of seeds.
This improved fruiting variety makes a beautiful landscape specimen that bears delicious fruit! Fountain-like, upright branches display large orange-red blooms in summer and large, burnished red fruit in early fall. A culinary staple in Spanish and Middle Eastern cuisine, the pomegranate has emerged as a popular source of Vitamins C and B5, potassium and antioxidant polyphenols. This is the same variety as the popular brand of commercial pomegranate juice. A versatile plant that showcases well as a great shrub, small tree or espalier. Needs heat to produce fruit.
Care Information
Follow a regular watering schedule during the first growing season to establish a deep, extensive root system. Feed with a general purpose fertilizer before new growth begins in spring. For a tidy, neat appearance, shear annually to shape. Pruning time: early spring.
Design Ideas
Pomegranate is exceptional for Mediterranean style gardens as well as most Xeriscape settings. This is an excellent choice for a courtyard specimen. Grow in fruit orchard or kitchen gardens. Good fruit producer in very hot gardens with difficult soils.
Companion Plants
As part of the edible garden, use Variegated Calamondin Orange (Citrus reticulata 'Calamondin Variegata') as a companion. Contrast the orange-red blooms with the purple-blue exotic flowers of a Passion Vine (Passiflora pfordtii) or the white fragrant flowers of Chilean Jasmine (Mandevilla laxa).
Lore
The single genus of the family Punciaceae was classified by Linnaeus who Latinized the ancient name, Malum puncium, which translates to "apple of Carthage" which was its early common name. Pomegranate fruit came to symbolize fertility due to its abundance of seeds.
| Botanical Pronunciation: | PEW-ni-ka gra-NAY-tum |
| Key feature: | Edible Fruit |
| Plant types: | Tree, Shrub |
| Garden styles: | Cottage, Mediterranean, Rustic |
| Deciduous/evergreen: | Deciduous |
| Cold hardiness zones: | 7 - 11 |
| Light needs: | Full sun |
| Water Needs: | Needs regular watering - weekly, or more often in extreme heat. |
| Average landscape size: | Moderate grower to 10 ft. tall and wide. |
| Growth rate: | Moderate |
| Flower attribute: | Showy Flowers |
| Special features: | Attracts Hummingbirds, Deer Resistant, Easy Care, Edible, Fall Color, Showy Fruit, Waterwise |
| Landscape uses: | Border, Container, Firescaping/Fire Wise |
| Flower color: | Red |
| Blooms: | Summer flowers, fruit matures in fall |
| Foliage color: | Green |
| Item no.: | 6745 |
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