"Victoria Clare" wrote in message
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A year or so ago, I said I'd let you know if my mini pomegranite
bush
managed to flower outdoors.

Well, I got one vast flower this spring, but I didn't think that
really
counted.

However, the bush is now absolutely covered in large silky bright
orange
flowers (no, the flowers, not just the buds), and clearly loving its
southfacing position. It is more or less deciduous in winter, and
about 2
feet tall. It's been living outside for 2 years now, with no winter
protection.


The outdoor plant is doing so well, I think I'm going to plant out
my other
plant, currently residing in a pot in the porch.

They are about 5 years old, grown from seed, variety 'orange
master',
horribly abused through forgetting to water them a few times...

I'm not holding my breath for pomegranites...

As a child I was in a boarding school. One of the teachers had a
pomegranate hedge which three of us raided one night. Unfortunately
we were caught and reported to the housemaster. The following day, we
were called to his study where each of us received six of the best.
After this, the housemaster solemnly informed us that the teacher
whose fruit we had raided, apologised for reporting us, and handed us
a large box of luscious pomegranates with the compliments of the owner
of the hedge.

Franz