Punica, Dwarf Pomegranate 'Nana'

I have two of these that I grew from seed. They are three-years-old and fruited this summer for the first time. I was shocked since Orego...Read Moren is not exactly warm. Maybe it was our really warm summer? (I should add that I only had 3 fruits, so don't get too excited.) Curious to see what happens this next summer...

If you live in a hot, dry climate as I do this wonderful plant is an excellent choice. The problem with the 'Nana' variety is due to the...Read More fact that it has become a bit of a catch all category. Pomegranates that have been grown from seed are EXTREMELY variable.

I can't tell how big this "dwarf" is going to get. It was a foot tall when I planted it 3 years ago, and now it's almost to 6 feet. Min...Read Moree is shielded part of the afternoon, but I have seen them grown in this area in full hot Texas sun. It begins blooming in mid-April and flowers continuously until frost. The bees and butterflies love it, and so do we. We get several dozen fruits from it every year, but so far very few are big enough to eat. Oh, well... maybe this will be the year.

I purchased a dwarf a few years back from a bonsai dealer. I did not train it as a bonsai - just thought it was an adorable plant. It w...Read Moreas less than 10" tall then and is now close to 2', but I also trim it to keep it small in the pot. It does super outside in summer and I bring it inside during winter. It drops alot of leaves at first, but continues to sprout new ones and flowers all through winter inside. I have never gotten fruit. Is there something I can do to help it fruit or will it never fruit because it's dwarf? Any information would be appreciated.

I have a potted dwarf pomegranate which is still in its original
pot. I received this plant as a gift in May 2007. The
...Read More plant is a little over 5 ft tall now so it has grown 3 ft.
I have fed it once. The plant spent its summer with full morning sun and afternoon shade. Grasshoppers would sometimes chew on the flowers. It overwintered indoors last year and bloomed continuously. I have just brought it indoors
yesterday as we are expecting a freeze tonight. I have two
fruit, one almost ready for picking. I started manually
pollinating the flowers in the past month to see if I could
encourage fruit production. There appears to be two more
fruit developing. I live at an altitude of 6500 ft in the
mountains of north central New Mexico (Placitas). The
summers can be on the hot side 92-96 degrees), but the humidity is low, though during the monsoonal season we may get thundershowers daily. The plant will spend its winter in front of a sunny warm window. I'm hoping it will continue to produce flowers over the winter and maybe I can force some more fruit.

definitely compact and frequent bloomer

UPDATE: Aug 2012. My plant continues to be beautiful and easy care. As of this ...Read Morewriting, the plant is loaded with fruit. when researching whether fruit is edible, I could find no absolute answer on the subject. So... I've decided to find out for myself. I harvested some fruit today (late Aug 2012) and cut them open. Arils were white and very tart, I would not enjoy eating them this tart. I think they need to ripen another month. By my calculations, if plant blooms in March, fruit should be ready to harvest in September-October. I will pick remaining fruit in late Sep. and report accordingly.

UPDATE: Mar 2015. Plant died unexpectedly. Hope to replace but have not found another one.

So far, so good. I have grown pom's before and they did well , up until an ignorant person ran over them with a lawnmower too many times...Read More. So Now I have 2 more poms and one less ignorant person, they should do great! I also have a friendly couple not to far from me that have a couple of these on their property that are in constant bloom. I love the way the flowers just pop out of their little casing. When I first saw them I thought they looked like shiny plastic figs that exploded into shreds, simply beautiful. Can't wait to see and taste the fruits.

I was amazed to see that there's a beautiful (low, of course) 10-15' long hedge of this growing here in Lewes, DE, which appears to be at...Read More least several years old. The plants are all intertwined, and bloomed beautifully the past 5 years (first I saw them). Don't know if the dwarf ones fruit, but not here--too far north. They form lots of fruits, but freezing comes before they ripen. We've got the sandy soil, but I had thought we were too far north. I've planted several in full sun this year. I'll let the list know if they survive in future years . . .

Mine has bloomed continuously since mid-April. It is still blooming now and it is also covered in fruit. A really good value plant!

I have a shrub at least 15 years old and about 4ft high. It is never pruned or watered but maintains a compact shape and a dense glossy f...Read Moreoliage of an attractive bright green yellowing in Autumn. Its main flush of flowers is in the Spring but it then spot flowers all Summer and well into Autumn a beautiful contrast to the foliage. The fruit are small,hard and inedible but hang on the branches all through Winter if unpicked. A wonderfully lush looking shrub for a tough location.

I have two of these growing in full sun in central Texas and I am very pleased with them. They are beautiful in the summer - covered wit...Read Moreh bright orange-red blooms and then later with small fruit. I have had them for three years and they have never gotten over three feet tall. I would highly recommend them.

One of my favorite dwarf shrubs to 3 feet tall. Does very well in our San Antonio alkaline soil. A very nice shrub for the overdone dwa...Read Morerf yaupon holly and a lot more rewarding. Takes our hot afternoon sun very well and is drought tolerant.

I have grown successfully so far 4 plants from seed. They are still at the seedling stage but are very healthy. I used organic soil to ...Read Moresow them in; I extracted the seed from the soft outer fruit and lightly covered them over with soil. I used an unheated propagator to germinate them.

I found the container this tree of ours came in - but ours is not looking so DWARF to me. :o) It's about 8' tall. I trimmed it back in ea...Read Morerly summer and it's about 8' tall again! It produced a single fruit this summer - about 3" across, almost full-size.

I wouldn't have known to choose it but I'm glad it's there. With its origins in the Middle East, it's an interesting addition to our California garden!

This is an often overlooked shrub or small tree that has great qualities. It has no chronic insect or disease problems, can grow in sun ...Read Moreor shade (more flowering in full sun), is drought tolerant and needs little or no fertilizing. Except for 'reclaiming' older specimens, it needs little pruning. Long lived, too.

I have seen cute Bonsai specimen of this plant, and the fruits are equally edible, like the normal-sized varieties