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Mediterranean shrub. Self-fertile. Needs long hot summer to ripen fruit. Grown ornamentally in cooler climates. Heat and drought tolerant once established.
Water: Low Β· Height: 400 cm Β· Soil: Well-draining β tolerates poor soil and drought
Pomegranate is usually grown from cuttings rather than seed. Take a healthy stem cutting, remove the lower leaves, and root it in moist, free-draining compost.
Lycium barbarum
fruit
Shares Pomegranate's vulnerability to aphids β same companion strategies apply
Verbena bonariensis
flower
Thrives in the same full sun, low water conditions as Pomegranate
Capsicum baccatum (Aji Cristal)
vegetableSame aphids challenge as Pomegranate β similar protective companions help
Capsicum baccatum (Bishop's Crown)
vegetableThrives in the same full sun conditions as Pomegranate
Syrphidae
The adults only drink nectar. It is the larvae that eat the aphids.
These three thrive alongside Pomegranate β and alongside each other.
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