Evergreen Gardenworks
2008
Descriptive Catalog

Punica granatum (Flowering Pomegranate)S\M\D\10ø\Ls\B Deciduous shrubs or small trees from Asia. Full size Pomegranates will reach 10-15 feet and older plants can spread as far as 20 feet by long arching multiple trunks. It will be a multi-stemmed shrub unless a single trunk is selected and the suckers are pruned out. In any case, the number of trunks should be selected and maintained to develop a high canopy and open base which will accentuate the graceful arching habit. The flowers of all our large types are fully double (except 'Omi'), some as large as 4 inches. The colors are pure white, pale yellow, pink, red orange, red and two colored. Flowering period is from June-August except for the dwarf types that are nearly perpetually in bloom (and fruit). Most of the double flowering types do not fruit readily, which will be indicated for each variety. Small stem dieback will occur at 10ø but established plants will surely survive. At 0ø there is the risk of killing the entire plant. Younger plants, potted plants, and the dwarf types will need more protection (keep above about 20F). Pomegranates are very salt tolerant and heat tolerant.

They thrive under desert conditions and are very drought resistant, although the fruit will suffer. They need full sun and prefer well drained soil, but will grow in almost any soil that does not stay too wet in summer.

Excellent plants for bonsai, forming thick tapered and sometimes twisted trunks. Full sized Pomegranate should only be used for larger bonsai (2-4 feet) to keep the flowers and fruit in proportion. This means growing them out for several years to develop sufficient trunk size. The dwarf types are suitable for small and very small bonsai, where their flowers and small fruit will be quite striking. Bonsai plants should be protected from temperatures below about 26F. They can be grown indoors in winter under bright lights, but it is not recommended. They do much better if given a dormant period in winter, even if it is a brief one in the fall before being moved indoors. All of our Pomegranates are cutting grown and ready to flower.

FULL SIZE POMEGRANATE
Most of these plants were originally imported from Japan and are very rare in this country. We are one of the very few nurseries propagating these cultivars.

7820 Punica granatum 'Hiza Kuro' Red ruffled double flowered with very little orange cast. Closest to a pure red. Huge flowers sometimes to four inches. Japan. Few or no fruit.
2 3/4 INCH POTS $8 Sorry, Sold Out

7825 Punica granatum 'Judai Zakuro' A good solid red orange double flowered cultivar forming no fruit. This one and 'Hiza Kuro' have the most saturated flower color of any Punica we have seen. 2 3/4 INCH POTS $8

7830 Punica granatum 'Omi' Single orange red flowers with very prominent yellow anthers. Sets lots of delicious edible full size fruit. This is one the very best for larger bonsai because its flowers do not overwhelm the plant and fruit is assured. The sight of four inch pomegranates hanging form a bonsai is truly spectacular. 2 3/4 INCH POTS $8

7835 Punica granatum 'Sarasa Shibori' Variegated ruffled double. Paler orange red with creamy variegation on the outer edge of the petals. Japan. Few or no fruit. 2 3/4 INCH POTS $8 SORRY SOLD OUT

7840 Punica granatum 'Shirobotan' Pure white double flowers. Japan. Few or no fruit, but when it does set fruit, the pulp is also white rather than the normal purple. 2 3/4 INCH POTS $8

7845 Punica granatum 'Toyosho' Salmon pink double flowers. Japan. Usually will set some smaller fruit, about two or three inches in diameter. The flowers are also somewhat smaller, about 1 1/2 to 2 inches making it suitable for intermediate sized bonsai. 2 3/4 INCH POTS $8 SORRY SOLD OUT

7850 Punica granatum 'Twisted Trunk' Red single flowers, few fruits. This plant reputedly forms a twisted trunk with great age, probably beginning in 15-20 years. The bark on the young plants is also a bit unusual, it is much rougher than other cultivars, covered with almost warty bumps. It also produces some wicked thorns.
2 3/4 INCH POTS $8  

7875 Punica granatum 'Wonderful' Large single orange red flowers with prominent yellow anthers. Sets very large delicious edible fruit. The is the commercial cultivar found in most food stores. Skin is reddish marroon and the flesh is deep purple. The fruit is sweet without as much acid as older edible cultivars.
2 3/4 INCH POTS $8 

DWARF AND SEMI-DWARF POMEGRANATE
We have discontinued Punica granatum 'Nana'because of the confusion over the name. Many plants sold are actually seedlings of dwarf plants that are quite variable, some of them even nearly full size. We now only offer named cultivars that are cutting grown so that you may be assured of the plant's characteristics.

7855 Punica granatum 'Emperor' This little plant was brought from Japan by Don Herzog of the Miniature Plant Kingdom and is perhaps the finest dwarf pomegranate available today. It grows very slowly into a very twiggy flattened dome about 3 feet x 4 feet and has good red orange single flowers followed by the most beautiful deep mahogany-purple skinned 1 1/2 inch plus fruits. It appears to be quite cold hardy, tests so far show that it will survive to 18ø with little damage and will probably survive to 10ø with the minimal protection of Reemay or other spun row cover. Excellent for bonsai. Because it is so slow growing, our two to four year old 2 3/4 inch pot plants will be quite small. Waiting List

7860 Punica granatum 'Evergreen's Red Dwarf' This is a seedling selection introduced by our nursery that is a very vigorous upright semi-dwarf to about five feet. It has single orange red flowers and the same deep purple fruits as 'Emperor' except that they are larger, up to 2 inches. We especially like this plant for bonsai because it forms a large trunk quite quickly due to its rapid growth but it retains the twigginess, flowers and fruit of the dwarf types. It is not quite as free flowering as the smaller dwarf types, and has small thorns. Our mother plant is over ten years old and has a 3 inch trunk at the base.
2 3/4 INCH POTS $8 

7870 Punica granatum 'Lone Pine' This is a seedling selection introduced by Lone Pine Nursery of Sebastopol California. It is a vigorous semi upright semi-dwarf to about four feet and spreading. It has single orange red flowers and the same deep purple fruits as 'Emperor' except that they are larger, up to 1 1/2 inches. It is not quite as vigorous as 'Evergreen's Red Dwarf'. It is quite free flowering, and sets fruit easily.
2 3/4 INCH POTS $8 

7880 Pyracantha coccinea'Fiery Cascade' (Firethorn) -10°F\S\M\Ls\B Evergreen shrub to about 8 feet. Orange berries turning red. This is a nice smaller leafed Pyracantha that will make small to medium size bonsai.
2 3/4 INCH POTS $8
FOUR INCH POTS $12

7885 Pyracantha fortuneana'Mohave' (Firethorn) -10°F\S\M\Ls\B Evergreen shrub to about 12 feet x 12 feet. This is one of the cold hardiest Pyracantha. It has very flexible branches making it useful for espalier or cascade bonsai. The berries color up early in the fall and last through the winter. They are the darkest red berry of all Pyracantha.
2 3/4 INCH POTS $8
FOUR INCH POTS $12

7900 Pyrus 'Kawakami' (Evergreen Pear) S\M\15°F\Ls\B Evergreen (partially deciduous in coldest areas) shrub or small tree. Drooping branchlets, shiny medium green leaves, clouds of creamy white flowers in late winter or early spring, just after mume. Sometimes forms small hard inedible green fruit. Without training it becomes large sprawling shrub. It is better used as a small tree by staking it up and selecting a single trunk. Quickly forms rough bark consisting of irregular oblong shaped plates which is quite attractive (see second photo). A quite tough little plant surviving adverse conditions of sun, little water, poor soil, but can only tolerate temperatures to 15F. It is also one of the few pears resistant to Fireblight. This plant has been overlooked for bonsai but would seem to have great potential. It is easily top and root pruned. The leaves do reduce somewhat and it develops characteristic bark fairly quickly. Cuttings 2 3/4 INCH POTS $10

7930 Pyrus calleryana? Gremel's Pear  S\M\15°F\Ls\B There's a funny story behind this dwarf Asian Pear. Jim Gremel purchased some'Toringo' crab seedlings from Lawyer Nursery about a dozen years ago. He field grow these and they became a dense thorny thicket, flowering after about eight years old. Strangely, the small round 1/2 inch fruits never seemed to turn red. In any case, they made some really handsome trunks and he eventually dug them up and sold them as specimen'Toringo'  crabs. And I bought one from him. The more we looked at these 'crabs', the less sure we were that they were really Malus sp. Eventually it dawned on us that the reason the 'apples' didn't turn red was because they were pears! Jim offered everyone their money back, but no one took him up on it, we all love our little Gremel Pears. I helped him track down the probable species as either P. calleryana, or P. ussuriensis. But neither of these species really fits these wonderful little dwarf pears. The full size leaves are about 1 1/2 to 2 inches, but they dwarf nicely to about 1 inch. The plants are strong growing, but leaves and internodes reduce nicely when they are constrained. Fairly cold hardy and disease resistant. The little round pears turn a greenish yellow when ripe and are a perfect size for shohin or slightly larger bonsai.  Our plants are all cutting grown from our single tree, and are capable of flowering and fruiting immediately, although typically it takes a few years of growing out before they bear.
2 3/4 INCH POTS $10 SORRY SOLD OUT