Flowering TreesPomegranate
Punica granatum
Pomegranate (Punica granatum) is a medium-growing flowering tree, hardy in USDA zones 8-11, that matures to about 6-20 ft × 4-15 ft. It does best in full sun with low water needs in well-drained and moist soil. Expect yellow, orange and pink blooms in summer. It attracts hummingbirds, stands up well to deer and drought, grows happily in containers.
- USDA zones
- 8-11
- Sun
- Full sun
- Water
- Low
- Mature size
- 6-20 ft × 4-15 ft
- Spacing
- 6-feet-12 feet
- Growth rate
- Medium
- Maintenance
- Medium
- Soil
- Well-drained, Moist
- Foliage
- Green
- Bloom color
- Yellow, Orange, Pink, Red, White
- Bloom season
- Summer
- Attracts
- Hummingbirds
- Tough against
- Deer, Drought
- Native to
- Middle and western Asia
In the landscape
Data sources
Freeze survival
Will it survive your winters?
Hardiness zones show a normal bad winter. We check the worst one — Pomegranate is hardy to about 10°F (estimated from USDA zone 8), so we'll score it against the real coldest nights your area has actually had.
Powered by ~35 years of daily lows from the nearest NOAA weather station. A risk read, not a guarantee — a sheltered spot or mature plant beats the odds.
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