You can grow a bonsai pomegranate tree, but the fruit is still big. “It grows a full-size pomegranate,” she said. For a small tree, even producing one pomegranate every few years is a ...

Spacing, Depth, and Support. The spacing will depend on how you plan to use your pomegranate tree. Some growers use them as a spreading shrub hedge, and they can be spaced around 6 to 9 feet apart.

The pomegranate can grow from a 3-foot dwarf shrub to a 30-foot tree. Although it is mostly deciduous, it may be evergreen in warmer areas. Its glossy foliage and tube-shaped, scarlet-red flowers ...

Put the fruit in your hand; it should feel heavier than its size would indicate, a condition that exists when ripeness arrives and the arils (seeds) — from 200 to 1,400 in a single fruit — are ...

Q. The pomegranates are splitting open and rotting, rather than ripening. Please help. When should they be picked, as they seem to not be reaching full size before splitting open.

I live 1.5 miles from the ocean in Costa Mesa and have three pomegranate trees producing about 50 to 70 fruit per year. They are 12 feet tall, 12 feet wide and have been in the ground about 20 years.

I recently wrote about pomegranate trees and the fact that although they can survive without irrigation, they will benefit from two or three soakings per month during the summer. In response to this ...