Dwarf Pomegranate Bush

This Dwarf Pomegranate Tree will make a stunning feature plant in your garden with the added bonus of producing ornamental fruits in the autumn. The gorgeous deep green foliage is the perfect backdrop to the bright orange blooms that appear during the summer months. Pomegranate bushes thrive in hot summers and will benefit from a sunny spot in the garden throughout the warmer months where the glossy fruits will ripen from September to October each year. This dwarf plant will grow smaller fruit thanks to its ornamental nature, making it an ideal feature for a patio pot. Totally hardy, your pomegranate bush is perfectly suited for growing in UK gardens and will tolerate our winters. Height/Spread: At maturity 0.5-1.0m (maturity 10-20 years). Delivered as an established bush, approx. 50cm tall in a 2L pot, ready to pot on or plant out.

Top Tips

Best grown in a container where it can be grown outside during the summer and moved indoors ahead of colder weather. Although hardy to -8?C when established, plants are best protected from frost when young.

Care Guide

Planting Advice:

• For pomegranate trees grown in containers, you will need around a 45L (10 gallon) container.
• Set the root ball into the pot and fill in around the roots with the soil to the top of the container but not covering the trunk.
• Water the new tree in well and lightly tap the soil down to eliminate any air pockets and to settle it around the roots.

Aftercare Advice:

• Pomegranates are self-pollinating, so you only need one to set fruit and will bear fruit from their second year onwards if kept happy.
• They need full sun to reach their best so keep outside where possible and if inside place near a bright, sunny window.
• If growing your pomegranate outside, keep an eye on the weather report and if the temperature drops below 40 degrees F. (4 C.), move the plant indoors to a sunny position.
• Water the tree deeply about once a week, more often during peak summer months, especially container-grown plants.
• During the first two years of the tree?s growth, feed with a general-purpose fertiliser in November, February, and May, and thereafter in November and February.
• Prune out any crossing branches or shoots to three to five per branch after the tree?s first year.
• Prune out any dead or damaged limbs in the late winter.
• Prune out suckers to create a more tree-like appearance.