Bloom Color: Orange, Red. Main Bloom Time: Early summer, Early spring, Late summer, Late spring, Mid summer, Mid spring. Form: Rounded.
Punica granatum is a deciduous Tree growing to 5 m by 8 m at a medium rate.
It is hardy to zone 9 and is frost tender. It is in flower from June to September. The species is hermaphrodite .
Suitable for: light , medium and heavy soils and prefers well-drained soil. Suitable pH: acid, neutral and basic soils. It cannot grow in the shade. It prefers dry or moist soil.
Landscape Uses:Border, Container, Foundation, Hedge, Massing, Superior hedge. An easily grown plant, it prefers a well-drained fertile soil and succeeds in a hot dry position. Requires a sheltered sunny position. Not very hardy in Britain, the pomegranate tolerates temperatures down to about -11°c, but it is best grown on a south facing wall even in the south of the country because it requires higher summer temperatures than are normally experienced in this country in order to ripen its fruit and its wood. The wood is also liable to be cut back by winter frosts when it is grown away from the protection of a wall. Trees do not grow so well in the damper western part of Britain. Most plants of this species grown in Britain are of the dwarf cultivar 'Nana'. This is hardier than the type but its fruit is not such good quality. This sub-species fruited on an east-facing wall at Kew in the hot summer of 1989. The pomegranate is often cultivated in warm temperate zones for its edible fruit, there are many named varieties. In Britain fruits are only produced after very hot summers. Plants often sucker freely. Flowers are produced on the tips of the current years growth. Plants in this genus are notably resistant to honey fungus. Special Features:Not North American native, Attractive flowers or blooms.
HabitatsDry limestone soils to 2700 metres in the Himalayas.HabitatsWoodland Garden Sunny Edge
HabitatsHedge
HabitatsSouth Wall. By.
HabitatsWoodland Garden Sunny Edge
HabitatsHedge
HabitatsSouth Wall. By.
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Major pests
- Apate monachus
Aphis punicae
Athelia rolfsii
Bactrocera carambolae
Bactrocera dorsalis
Bactrocera kandiensis
Brevipalpus lewisi
Ceratocystis fimbriata
Coniella granati
Cryptoblabes gnidiella
Cydia latiferreana
Deudorix epijarbas
Deudorix isocrates
Dysmicoccus neobrevipes
Elsinoë punicae
Euphorbia hirta
Ferrisia virgata
Hop stunt viroid
Indarbela dea
Indarbela quadrinotata
Nectriella versoniana
Parasaissetia nigra
Platynota stultana
Pseudocercospora lythracearum
Pseudococcus comstocki
Rhipiphorothrips cruentatus
Rhizobium radiobacter
Rhizobium rhizogenes
Rhizoecus hibisci
Saissetia coffeae
Saissetia oleae
Scirtothrips dorsalis
Siphoninus phillyreae
Spodoptera littoralis
Thaumatotibia leucotreta
Thosea sinensis
Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. punicae
Minor pests
- Achaea janata
Aleurocanthus woglumi
Alternaria alternata
Anastrepha fraterculus
Anastrepha ludens
Anastrepha suspensa
Anystis baccarum
Aonidiella orientalis
Aphis gossypii
Apomyelois ceratoniae
Arcyophora dentula
Armillaria tabescens
Aromia bungii
Aspergillus castaneus
Aspergillus niger
Bactrocera jarvisi
Bactrocera tryoni
Bactrocera zonata
Botryosphaeria parva
Botryotinia fuckeliana
Ceratitis capitata
Ceroplastes floridensis
Ceuthospora phyllosticta
Coccus hesperidum
Cochliobolus lunatus
Colletotrichum acutatum
Colletotrichum tropicale
Conogethes punctiferalis
Cytospora punicae
Dasychira mendosa
Dendrophthoe
Dialeurodes citri
Diaporthe nobilis
Eudocima fullonia
Euproctis fraterna
Euwallacea fornicatus
Euzophera semifuneralis
Glomerella cingulata
Helicotylenchus dihystera
Helicotylenchus pseudorobustus
Helopeltis antonii
Herdonia osacesalis
Icerya aegyptiaca
Icerya purchasi
Icerya seychellarum
Leptoglossus zonatus
Lobesia botrana
Maconellicoccus hirsutus
Megalurothrips distalis
Meloidogyne incognita
Myzus persicae
Orobanche aegyptiaca
Orobanche crenata
Paracoccus marginatus
Penicillium expansum
Phenacoccus solenopsis
Phoma aliena
Phytophthora nicotianae
Phytophthora palmivora
Planococcus citri
Planococcus ficus
Planococcus lilacinus
Pseudococcus jackbeardsleyi
Pseudococcus viburni
Pseudomonas savastanoi pv. savastanoi
Rosellinia necatrix
Scirtothrips aurantii
Tylenchulus semipenetrans
Verticillium dahliae
Virachola livia
Xyleborus perforans
Xylosandrus compactus
Zeuzera pyrina