Thank you! I think they can survive if I plant them in a sheltered area in my yard, but I have figs in most of my sunny locations. I may have to pass...I don't have a garage!

I have 2 salvatski pomegranates which I am embarrassed to admit I've kept in pots for 2 winters even though everyone told me not to. My conclusion is that they're easy to grow in pots but they probably will never bear fruit in pots. One of them finally bore a single flower this year but no fruit, and I plan to put the plants in the ground before the summer ends with the hopes of getting a pomegranate next year.

My mini pomegranate bear lots of little fruit in five gallon pots, but I think they're evergreen.

The utah just bore three fruit in its first year. Roots went through the five gallon pot into soil

Maybe the difference is that you live in zone 10 instead of zone 7. I'd guess you're getting a lot more sun. Also, my pot isn't in a location where the roots can go through the pot into the soil, so they can't get as deep.

Vm, I'm near you - Annapolis. I called the garden center and they said I could plant it in the ground in a sheltered area with good sun. My yard has several big trees so lots of sun is hard to come by. The prime, in-ground and sunny locations already have figs. I decided to pass for now although it would have been interesting to grow. Perhaps another year - there are a few grasses I plan to uproot ;-)

Thanks Wild Hair (lol)! I am glad to hear you e had success. One of my big trees is possibly dying. I'm going to watch it for a year or two and then figure out what to do. If it comes down, I will have much more light, but I hate to take down an old tree unless it really is dying.

Vm3y Utah sweet pomegranate zone is 6 to 10. Mini pomegranate zone is 7 to 10.

Utah can probably grow in most zones temperature wise because it loses its leaves early.

It's summer rain, floods, and humidity that take them out.

Laura, good luck with the tree

Thank you!!

Pomegranates can definitely be grown in pots for fruit production. Mine produced tasty fruit that way without a problem in 5 gallon pots. Long term, they would need careful shaping and root pruning, and probably something more like a 15 gallon pot, but many people are doing this successfully with pomegranate and similar fruiting plants.

POmms are like figs, in the ground they go through a normal winter with ease. When temps are below 5* and lower the tops will freeze out and come late spring they will start all over again. This time i did not get any fruits because i believe i use too much fer. on them. I do have one started in a 5 gallon pot and have pruned it very heavy,because i want a sturdy little bush.