Pomegranate trees require well-draining soil that is slightly acidic with a pH level of 5.5 to 7.0. ... You can also pinch back the tips of the branches to encourage more lateral growth.

Prune the pomegranate bonsai tree in the spring to remove any dead or diseased branches. Pomegranate trees can be shaped into various bonsai styles, such as formal upright or slanting.

One doesn't need to live on an arid Greek island to successfully grow pomegranates. Pomegranates do prefer a semiarid southern Mediterranean climate, which means dry, hot summers and cool winters ...

Pomegranates will perform better later in life -- up to 200 years -- if pruned young. Without observant clipping of branches and suckers, the plant will become a shrub rather than a tree.

Q: Last winter, I planted a bare-root pomegranate tree. It has done very well, as it has nearly doubled in size. However, the branches are very leggy and the plant isn’t very treelike. Should I ...

I live 1.5 miles from the ocean in Costa Mesa and have three pomegranate trees producing about 50 to 70 fruit per year. They are 12 feet tall, 12 feet wide and have been in the ground about 20 years.