relatively cold hardy pomegranates
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HAVE: Lots to Trade - seeking cold hardy berries shrubs perre
Comments (13)HAVE: Seeds from heirloom 6' tall bush w/ lovely, shiny, small green leaves. In Spring, it gets tiny pink/white flowers shaped like teacups. And in Autumn, it has purplish-blue berries. As I am unable to identify the bush, I believe them to be NON-EDIBLE. The leaves turn a lovely shade of pinky-peachy-gold in Autumn. Pictures are on this website, which is not mine: http://ramblinganne.blogspot.com/2010_09_01_archive.html Not sure if this is what you're looking for, and they're probably not edible. Am mostly interested in flowers, mostly perennial. Let me know if you're interested in a trade. Thanks....See MoreWhere to buy hardy pomegranates?
Comments (24)Well,I'm in zone6b/7 depending on which map you look at and, for what its worth, my "Russian Hardy" were doing great all winter even with a 12 degree low a couple of times, started budding out like gangbusters when we had an early spring, then when the blizzard and 20 degree lows hit just as they were budding out, they died back to the ground. ;( But, good news is they are coming back from the roots. But, that won't matter much if they do that every year. Oh well, guess we'll see what happens next year....See MorePomegranates in Cold(er) Climates
Comments (21)The reason why people associate pomegranates with warm climates historically has to do with geography. Pomegranates are thought to have originated somewhere in the Zagros mountains, in the Northwestern part of present-day Iran, or possibly in the South Caucasus. From there they took three paths: one lineage was brought to India, one lineage went North into the Caucasus, and the other lineage went West to the Mediterranean. Pomegranates were well known in the time of the ancient Greeks. Some of the pomegranates were gradually taken North into Russia and bred into cold-hardy lineages. But in mainland Europe all the pomegranates stayed around the Mediterranean and were never bred to be more cold-hardy. Pomegranates also tended not to grow well in the Northwestern part of Europe because of the wet cool summers, whereas the Southern region of Russia has a drier continental climate with hotter summers (despite the bitter cold winters). It has only been in the last 3 decades that these Russian pomegranate varieties have begun appearing in America. In case anyone was wondering, the Indian pomegranate varieties tend to have very deep dark colored juice and be very tart and flavorful....See MorePomegranate -- frost hardy or not?
Comments (17)Pomegranates grow well in Southern California. They do excellent in the Mediterranean climate within 20 miles from the coast, but they can grow inland as well. Generally most pomegranates start having trouble in anything less than a zone 8 climate, zone 7 can be difficult, and the plant will often die back in the winter and never be able to grow very tall. There are different varieties of pomegranate, some of them are more cold tolerant. You may want to look into 'Utah Sweet' or the Russian varieties, such as 'Parfianka' or 'Salavatski'....See Morearmyofda12mnkeys
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