Clark,

I have a Salavatski and a Wonderful pommegranates in the ground for about 5 years now. I burried both them 1 foot deep beyond the pot soil level to ensure grow back after winter killed. They both died to the ground with -15F last winter despite of winter protection by wrapping the bushes. They resprout this year.

Tony

They die back to ground every year for me in zone 6b. Only fruit I got has been from potted plants overwintered in garage. Even then most did not ripen fully by end of growing season... They won't fruit after dieback unfortunately.

fabaceae,

Have you ever gotten ripe fruit from garaged pomegranates? I think it's probably something I should give up on and concentrate on something else, but if you've had any success I might try again.

Yes, on small plants in 5 gallon pots placed in hot microclimate south of house. 'Wonderful' variety and very tasty, but late to ripen, so I definitely recommend early ripening cultivars (most of the so-called hardy ones are not very early). I plan to put a row of them in a greenhouse structure next.

Thanks Tony that's a great idea I wish I did that with my jujube last year. Fabaceae_native that's good info so maybe I will pot them up this year and keep them in the root cellar during the winter. How old do they need to be to produce fruit? The ones I ordered are 12-15". I have a big pond dam I could create a micro climate for them on the back side (south) and wrap them which might work.

I thought I'd add this link to a previous post:

Here is a link that might be useful: Hardy pomegranate