Punica granatum (fruiting, from SC) 26/7 Restock with shelter from drying winds

with shelter from drying winds in hotter climates

and the epithet acuminata points to the tapered leaf tip shared with the parent species

the base cloaked in cinnamon-colored fibers that inspired the common name

among the rarest habitats in North America

Site the parsley haw as a specimen near a patio or path

Punica granatum (fruiting, from SC) 26/7 Restock with shelter from drying windsThis is the pomegranate grown the old way, for the fruit. Punica granatum is a deciduous Middle Eastern shrub of narrow, glossy leaves and vivid orange red flowers, followed by the large, leathery skinned, garnet seeded fruits for which the plant has been cultivated since antiquity. Woodlanders raised this particular selection from seed of a good fruiting specimen in upstate South Carolina, and the plant may well represent 'Wonderful', the widely