Plant of the Month Recipes – December – Pomegranate

For those who may not know, Pomegranates are these yummy reddish-purplish fruits that vary in taste of a sweet-tart favoring based the degree of ripeness. The seeds of the pomegranate can taste a little sour (like ripe cherries) to fairly share (like uncooked cranberries).

When to Plant: Pomegranate shrubs/trees are best planted after your zone’s last spring frost or 8 weeks before your first fall frost. For mot zones this would be in spring.
Zone: 7-12, but can b gown outside of these zones in pots indoors or greenhouses due to its cold sensitivity.
Where: Needs to be in a hole or pot double the size of the tree and each tree has to be 15 feet between each other. Also, must be planted where it will get full sun.
Harvesting: The pomegranate shrub/tree takes approximately 2-5 years to grow fruit and can be harvested as soon as the fruit is ripe.
Fun Fact: Pomegranates are classified as a super fruit and means apple with many seeds.