Dear Neil: I planted a ‘Wonderful’ pomegranate 47 years ago. I’m glad I wasn’t counting on it for fruit, because in those 47 years I’ve had no fruit at all. Not one.
Some years I’ve had nice flowers, but last year, I didn’t even have flowers. It’s beside a garden. I wonder if it’s getting too much water.
Dear Reader: This thing called “the internet” brings me questions from all over. I don’t know where you are, so I’m going to have to answer generically. The farther east you go in Texas the less likely you’ll be to get good crops from pomegranates.
They really do better with the somewhat cooler nights and low humidities of West Texas. You also need to be sure that you actually got a ‘Wonderful’ plant. There are ornamental varieties of pomegranates that are spectacular bloomers.
Their flowers are somewhat larger, and they have half again as many petals as ‘Wonderful.’ As for no flowers at all last year, that had to have been due to cold damage. Pomegranates have been hurt very badly by winter temperatures three of the past four winters.
I would say that I hope things turn around for you, but after 47 years, I guess you and I both realize the odds are against you. Dear Neil: Wow! My hydrangeas did wonderfully this year – better than they ever have. I did nothing different.
I want them to do this well every year. What do you suggest? The cool, moist spring made for gorgeous hydrangeas this season. Dear Reader: Pray for a cool, moist spring.
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