Plant Database

POMEGRANITE

PUNICA GRANATUM

Family:
Punicaceae
Irrigation:
Can take considerable drought but produces better fruit with regular moisture
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Origin:
IRAN , INDIA
Landscape Value:
n/a
Life History:
Deciduous shrub or tree
Propagation:
Seed in spring, cutting in summer or by removing suckers
Climate/Zone:
Sunset Zones 5 - 24; H1
Ethnobotanical Value:
n/a
Exposure:
Full sun
Blooming Season:
n/a
Edible Part:
Fruits
Fruiting Season:
Fall, harvest when in full color
Care Instructions:
Can be kept prune to 10 feet high and wide. Tolerates a wide variety of soils, growing well in alkaline soils. Resistant to oak root fungus. Roundish fruit to 5 inches wide. Ripens in fall, harvest when they reach full color.