I’m in love with my Wonderful pomegranate. No, really — the variety is called Wonderful. And it’s gorgeous. I planted it bare-root and leafless back in January, and now it’s loaded with dark glossy leaves and bright tropical orange-red flowers –mega color. Love love love.
It’s just as well that the second pomegranate tree I planted at the same time did not leaf out — that would have been a lot of pomegranates! It’s interesting that I planted that second tree where my Mexican Anacacho Orchid was struggling, and the orchid tree I moved over near the same area as the Wonderful pomegranate. Well, the Mexican anacacho is doing better than ever in its new spot, and the place where it once struggled and the second pomegranate died has now been leveled and is (at least for now) considered the dead zone.
Also wonderful in my yard, this time with the lower-case “w,” is my new Yarrow. I want more.
And the Winecups are putting on their spectacular (dare I say, wonderful?) show before the heat gets unbearable.
The Winecups always threaten to take over the world before the sun forces them back to a manageable size. Right now they are encroaching on the Texas lantana, and I love the combination of colors.
It’s just… wonderful!
Great color! I’m not familiar with winecup, but they are pretty. I would say you don’t have to worry about more yarrow. You will definitely get more- it spreads and reseeds like crazy!
I’ll be interested to follow the progress of your Wonderful pomegranate. I planted one last year as a pollinator to my existing pomegranate but so far it hasn’t done much. I’ve since heard that it is not a very vigorous grower (at least in Florida). So far it looks like yours is doing very well. Good Luck!
It’s great to see those splashes of color, and that yarrow is gorgeous. For some reason I always thought pomegranate hails from the tropics though, neat to see it in your yard.
Inspiring!!! Pomegranates are such a cool plant! I planted 2 “saplings” about 6 months ago–they haven’t gotten much bigger, but they are alive 😉 Now that our rainy season is approaching I hope they will take off like yours. do you think you’ll get edible fruit??
enjoy!
liz
That is amazing that a bare root flowered the first year. I think it took mine at last 3 years to bear fruit. I have one grown from seed that is now 3 years old. No flowers yet this year but I am not sure if it will ever bear fruit. When it comes time to get the seeds out you need to look at my post from last years crop. The yarrow is a beautiful color too and the lantana and of course our wonderful wine cups. A festival of color.
Yep, it’s WONDERFUL! I love the pomegranate flowers & leaves. Until I can find the right spot, it’s wonderful to see your ‘Wonderful.’ And isn’t it a kick that the winecups are hanging around to join our summer perennials. Too fun.
Hi Meredith,
I am also growing a wonderful Pom. It has been 3 years with flowers only, but no fruits.
I have a few questions:
1- How could you tell if a flower will become a fruit?
2- Picture #1 above, you show the flowers (I have many of these. In picture #2, you show a flower with pollen (I don’t have any). When the pedals fall, will the pollen show? Or is the pollem flower different?
Thanks,
Well, I’d love to be able to tell you that I’m a pomegranate expert, but alas, this is my first tree! It’s my understanding that a pomegranate that is still immature will drop its flowers rather than produce fruit until it gets big enough to support them, and that any fruit that is produced will ripen in the late summer/fall. So far, my flowers have all been dropping, or getting knocked off by the dogs.
I do know that pomegranates are self-fertilizing, so if your tree seems that it should be producing fruit, then perhaps the flowers are not getting fertilized. Perhaps fertilze by hand, if there is a concern. I haven’t studied my flowers closely, but I read that the trees produce both male and female flowers. Perhaps you were seeing female flowers on yours?
And finally, I know the amount of light the tree gets can have a factor on its fruit production. Fertilization at the right time with an organic fertilizer would be good (March and November is what I read). And the zone you live in might be a factor, too.
I hope some of this helps! If it weren’t raining right now, I’d go out and study my flowers more closely! I will when it dries a bit, if the rain hasn’t knocked off more flowers. I think now I’ll do my best to make sure to occasionally hand pollinate the flowers, just to see if it helps.