Double Flowering Pomegranate
Punica granatum cv.
Native to the Southern Eurasia, this deciduous shrub bears showy flowers, but produces no fruit.
This shrub to small tree is native from southern Europe to northern India but has naturalized in the Mediterranean. In his Garden Book Thomas Jefferson documented a row of pomegranates that were planted in the south slope of Monticello in 1769. This double-flowering variety does not bear fruit. Pomegranates prefer climates with long, hot dry summers. They are well suited to container growing.
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