2024 Southeastern Plant Symposium Auction

101 - Punica granatum 'Purple Heart'

Plant Shrub
Closed
Current Bid: $70

(Pot Sz: 1 gal; Ht: 3') (Cannot Ship)
Common name: Purple Heart pomegranate
¤ deciduous shrub to 8'
¤ plant in sun
¤ hardy to zone 7
¤ orange flowers in summer
¤ large red fruit in fall
(PI 599119) Large red fruit, red juice. Complex taste: sweet with an essence of wine! Purple Heart comes as one of the best in tasting panels. Rich sweet/acid balance. Very cold tolerant too. This is one of the pomegranate varieties held by the National Clonal Germplasm Repository of the USDA/ARS at Davis, California.