Pomegranate Tree Pruning – Learn About The Cutting Of Pomegranates

By Karen Boness, Owner of Wild Willow Landscape Design, ISA Certified Arborist, Certified Permaculture Designer Pomegranate trees are actually multi-trunk shrubs. They are often cultivated as small, single-trunk trees, however. Read on to learn more about pruning/trimming pomegranate trees. Trimming Pomegranate Trees Pomegranate trees can grow to 18-20’ high. They are deciduous in interior, winter-cold areas but can be evergreen to semi-evergreen in milder regions near the coasts. Pomegranates are beautiful plants with an arching vase-like form, narrow, bright green leaves, orange-red springtime flowers, and large red-husked fruits that bear hundreds of fleshy, sweet-tart, edible seeds. It is important to prune pomegranate trees properly if you want to increase fruit production and maintain an attractive form. Unfortunately, these two goals are in conflict. When and How to Prune a Pomegranate Tree Commercial growers typically shorten branches to induce new fruit producing shoots and fruiting spurs. This method creates short stubby

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