Re: Pomegranates - Plant Source?
- To: "m*@ucdavis.edu"
- Subject: Re: Pomegranates - Plant Source?
- From: L* I*
- Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2001 11:53:04 -0800 (PST)
Hi Jan,
How big a pot do you use for the pomegranate? I don't think I can stuff
any more trees into my yard, espalier or otherwise. My only option may be
to grow dwarf varieties in pots.
Angela
On Tue, 23 Jan 2001, Jan Smithen wrote:
>
>
> 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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> Upland, California
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> Sunset zone : 19
> USDA zone : 10
>
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>
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> Victorian Rose Garden website at:
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