Pomegranate (Punica granatum) PROVENCE

A superb frost-resistant French variety with compact bushy growth that produces high-quality, delicious pomegranate fruits.

Vigour: moderate, up to 1.5 - 2.5 m high. Forms a compact, bushy, naturally branched deciduous shrub with slightly thorny shoots. Lives to old age, even several centuries. In wine-growing regions, we recommend planting the pomegranate tree in open ground. Can also be grown as a container plant in a large pot.
Site requirements: the ideal site for pomegranates is a sheltered sunny spot in the garden or patio. Pomegranate is undemanding to soil, but grows and produces better in deep, loamy soils rich in organic matter with a light, permeable subsoil.
Blossom: the variety is self-pollinating, pollinator is not necessary for producing a crop. However will produce a heavy crop if planted in close proximity to a pollination partner which can be another variety of pomegranate. Flowers small, simple, bright orange in June, July, then more randomly in August and early September.
Fruits: medium-sized, round, 180 - 260 g, skin leathery, red, seeds sweet, juicy, aromatic
Harvest season: depending on the location and climatic conditions, the fruits ripen gradually from late September to October
Disease resistance: pomegranate shrubs are one of the easier fruits to work with since they are not usually affected by pests or diseases. Suitable for organic or no-spray culture.
Frost resistance: withstand frosts to -16°C, as the plants gets older becomes more frost tolerant. We recommend providing winter protection to young plants, for example an 8-10 cm layer of mulch, which will help protect the roots during winter.
Usage: juicy pomegranate seeds are consumed fresh, used to press the juice as well as to make the wine called Grenada. Pomegranate concentrate is used as an ingredient in salad dressings. Boiling pomegranate juice with sugar creates grenadine syrup, which is used as an ingredient in cocktails. In terms of taste, the pomegranate combines sweetness and acidity in an exotic way. That's why pomegranate seeds are ideal for refining desserts, meat and vegetarian dishes.

Pomegranates are not grafted onto a rootstock, but are grown on their own roots, so if the above-ground part of the plant is damaged during the winter, the roots remain undamaged and in the spring the pomegranate sprouts new shoots.