Q: I have a 4-year-old pomegranate. It is growing as a six foot tall multistemmed shrub. It appears lush and healthy, but it has never had more than two or three flowers and never any fruit.

Where pomegranate pruning is concerned, there is really no reason for it except to remove old wood or stems that have stopped producing fruit. Generally, stems are productive for about five years.

Not much pruning is needed for citrus. Citrus pruning is opening the canopy a little bit after lowering its height. For pomegranate, remove the suckers so that five or fewer main stems are present.

That is certainly the case with pruning deciduous fruit trees, like this pomegranate, which needs some love. Pomegranates will grow to about 5 metres high and 3 metres wide, but a prune in late ...

Where pomegranate pruning is concerned, there is really no reason for it except to remove old wood or stems that have stopped producing fruit. Generally, stems are productive for about five years.