
Botanical name
Punica Granatum

Common name
Pomegranate

Variety

Flower's color
Red, with red/orange fruits

Temperature
5 – 15°

Exposure
Sunny

Watering need
Low

Blooming
Spring-summer flowers, autumn fruits

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It belongs to the Punicaceae family and it is a shrub with very ancient origins from Southwest Asia. It is mostly known with the name of pomegranate (“malum punicum” in Latin to remind the origin from the city of Carthage where for the first time Romans found it out. This plant produces red tubular flowers from which edible red/orange fruits are generated, with coriaceous rind, with sour and tasty pulp, typically fragmented in grains.
Disponibilità | May, June, July, August, September |
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Esposizione | Full sun |
Fioritura | Autumn, Spring, Summer |
Necessità Idrica | Low |
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