Punica granatum 'Toyosho' Drought Tolerant velvety scarlet stop traffic in

velvety scarlet stop traffic in any garden

Prune right after flowering

so that from a distance the whole shrub takes on a warm

grown since antiquity for a long

Where the species runs to hot red-purple

Punica granatum 'Toyosho' Drought Tolerant velvety scarlet stop traffic inPunica granatum 'Toyosho' answers a question few think to ask of a pomegranate: what if the flower, not the fruit, were the whole point? The blooms are fully double and carnation like, as much as three inches across, in warm shades of peach, apricot, and soft salmon, with the crimped, tissue paper texture of an old fashioned boutonniere. So many petals crowd each flower that pollination becomes nearly impossible, so 'Toyosho' seldom fruits, spending