This is about life in my gardens. One is an acre on a hillside in Laguna Beach, California and the other is an acre in San Juan Capistrano, California.
Monday, March 1, 2010
Bare Pomegranate
This is what the pomegranate bush looks like in Laguna this time of year. It is starting to break dormancy and will fill in flush in a couple weeks. Pomegranates will be ready to eat in the fall. I have tried and tried to prune it into a tree, but it insists on being a shrub!
I had a small pomegranate bush in my previous house. I love the bright red flowers! The fruits are keeping falling off prematurely. I think probably it is still too small. I started one from a seed from store-bought fruit in my new house. Looking forward to having another lovely popegranate bush... Yours looked so beautifully (I checked out one of your old posts)!
I have flowering pomegranate bushes. I think they are the cultivar called Legrelle. They have beautiful orange and white blossoms in spring, no fruits.
I attended a class on backyard fruit, and the very knowledgeable instructor actually advised growing pomegranates as a bush. Much easier to pick, was her opinion.
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I had a small pomegranate bush in my previous house. I love the bright red flowers! The fruits are keeping falling off prematurely. I think probably it is still too small. I started one from a seed from store-bought fruit in my new house. Looking forward to having another lovely popegranate bush... Yours looked so beautifully (I checked out one of your old posts)!
I have flowering pomegranate bushes. I think they are the cultivar called Legrelle. They have beautiful orange and white blossoms in spring, no fruits.
I attended a class on backyard fruit, and the very knowledgeable instructor actually advised growing pomegranates as a bush. Much easier to pick, was her opinion.
(And hello from Blotanical.)
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