Re: Pomegranates - Plant Source?
- To: MeditPlants
- Subject: Re: Pomegranates - Plant Source?
- From: J* S*
- Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2001 11:14:33 -0800
- References: <38E2567C.5763F5D7@earthlink.net> <3A6D0AEF.EF4190EB@ucla.edu>
greenman wrote:
> Hi all!
>
> Ok, I'm open to getting a pomegranate - Valentine's Day present. But,
> where do I go to get a named vaiety? I'm not interested in starting one
> from seed - at least not in time for Valentine's Day THIS year.
>
> My web search turned up a source in Georgia. I'd like it a little closer.
>
> (I'm just getting over Christmas and it's Valentine's Day already???? How'd
> that happen?)
>
> David (who must be getting older, if not wise as well) King
Hi David!
Bay Laurel Nursery in Atascadero, CA 93422
805-466-3406, FAX 805-466-6455
www.BayLaurelNursery.com
They list 5 different cultivars of pomegranates including the soft-skinned
'Sweet' that Rosilyn Creasy recommends. Aparently you can roll the ripened
fruit of this between your hands, then poke a hole in it and drink the juice
through a straw! Catalogue says it is a small tree suitable for espalier or
container growing.
In a large terra cotta pot, I grow the old 'Wonderful' that has been
grafted to a tree form. It is 3 years old and bears well on drooping branches.
Takes a little training and rubbing out of unwanted buds from time to time, but
I love it for it's great form and red globes at Christmas time! Got it bare
root at Hortus Nursery.
Cheers, Jan
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Jan Smithen,
Upland, California
jansmithen@earthlink.net
Sunset zone : 19
USDA zone : 10
http://home.earthlink.net/~jansmithen/
Visit the Los Angeles County Arboretum
Victorian Rose Garden website at:
http://victorian-rose.org/
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