Punica granatum Seeds | Pomegranate Bonsai
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LATIN NAME: Punica granatum
COMMON NAME: Pomegranate Bonsai
Plant Profile
Pomegranate Bonsai (Punica granatum) is a distinctive species in the loosestrife family. Flowers open in bright, crinkled cups, and fruits ripen through the autumn. It likes sun, and light, well-drained soil. Pollinating insects take to the flowers at once, adding a little wildlife interest to its garden value. It is hard to name another plant that gives this much for this little trouble.
Science & Biotechnology
As part of the loosestrife family, Punica granatum contributes to research on plant classification and adaptation, while nurseries and gardeners continue to trial it for cultivation. Horticulturists value scarlet flowers, and growers of fruiting bonsai keep species in their catalogues. Breeders and collectors still work with it, so well-kept seed remains available.
Uses & Benefits
Gardeners value Pomegranate Bonsai for its ornamental character, and the plant also fits naturally into herb, vegetable and cutting gardens. On sunny windowsill or in garden, pomegranate bonsai fruits in little pot. Bright, generous and fruitful in small form.Sow Pomegranate bonsai seeds in a rich, gritty loam kept warm and moist. Thereafter it wants only the ordinary attentions any garden plant receives.
Pomegranate is a functional-food star: its juice and peel ellagitannins, converted to urolithins, are studied for cardiovascular and cellular health, and the dried peel, Shi Liu Pi, is a classical Chinese astringent herb.
Growing from Seed
Pomegranate Bonsai is one of those generous plants that come along well from seed. Level a tray of loose seed compost, sow evenly, cover to about the seed’s own depth, and keep it moist in full light. When the young plants are big enough to handle, space them into pots or a nursery row and let them size up before their final move.
Our Take
Pomegranate Bonsai repays a little patience at sowing time with plenty of garden presence later.
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