Is the flowering pomegranate deciduous or evergreen? The answer explained in one article

Pomegranate flowers are red and fiery, especially beautiful, which is why people often talk about the “pomegranate skirt”. The flowering pomegranate is a pomegranate variety grown specifically for its flowers. So is the flowering pomegranate deciduous or evergreen?

1. Is the flowering pomegranate deciduous or evergreen?

The flowering pomegranate depends on the situation; under normal circumstances it is deciduous, but if grown in the tropics, it becomes evergreen. The flowering pomegranate is sown in spring, blooms that same summer, and bears fruit in autumn, and while bearing fruit the tree still keeps blooming continuously. The flowers are fiery red, blooming in lush splendor, numerous, with a long flowering period; each flower, from the appearance of the red bud to the ripening of the fruit, hangs on the tree without falling from spring through summer to autumn, for several months. With proper cold protection in winter, it can still keep blooming, continuing until around the Spring Festival, when the numerous red flowers among the emerald leaves and the fiery red pomegranates hang together on the same tree, very spectacular; it is a rare treasure during the off-season for flowers, with extremely high ornamental value and broad market prospects.

2. Differences between flowering pomegranate and fruiting pomegranate

Difference in flowers: The pomegranate is a plant with male and female flowers on the same plant but as different flowers; the male flower is triangular, while the lower part of the female flower is noticeably swollen into a small gourd shape. The flowers of the flowering pomegranate are mostly double-petaled, and female flowers are few while male flowers are many. The fruiting pomegranate, however, mostly has single-petaled flowers, though a few varieties are double-petaled (such as the Taishan Large-flowered Pomegranate), and the numbers of male and female flowers are basically equal.

Difference in fruit: The flowering pomegranate is mainly for flower viewing, though some are also grown for their fruit, only the fruit is small and of poor edibility; the flower is cylindrical and mostly does not set fruit. The fruiting pomegranate, however, has large, juicy fruit with good taste.

The flowering pomegranate is used specifically for flower viewing, and the pomegranates it produces do not taste very good. If you want to eat pomegranates, you should still choose the fruiting pomegranate.