[Contadino]

We have two types of pomegranate trees, sweet and sour.  Both types are pretty spikey, but they're very hardy.  Can withstand snow and the high 40s that we had this summer without watering (once established.)  They just need pruning once a year, which is mainly to remove the suckers.

They're a great teatime treat for the chooks.  Take a couple (of poms) in and throw them as hard as you can at the ground then watch the chooks whizz around picking up the fruit.

[gobs]

Shall try that tip, C, once we sowed some first and got to that stage with it.  

[Fat Hen]

i've have a REAL craving for pomegranites lately and none of the shops within 50 miles of us sell them (and not sure about the ones further away)

it isn't fair :cry:

Not preggers are you  

[gobs]

My book says not all types are frost hardy, is there any way to tell, which ones?

There are 2 types on sale here currently, one from Turkey, it is big and red and the other from Spain, small and dull yellow, this is very sweet and yummy.