Edible Pomegranate TreeHarvest Fresh Pomegranates from Your Phoenix Backyard Edible Pomegranate Tree (Punica granatum) is one of the best fruit producing trees for the Phoenix Valley. This heat loving deciduous tree thrives in Arizona's intense summers, producing abundant crops of ruby red fruit packed with antioxidant rich seeds. Pomegranates have been cultivated in hot, arid climates for over 4,000 years and Phoenix's long, hot growing season is ideal for maximum fruit

it survives on minimal supplemental irrigation and handles the extreme heat and reflected light of the desert environment remarkably well

Bartender's Lime Mature Height 6–13 feet Mature Width 6–10 feet Growth Rate Moderate to fast — 1–2 feet per year in Phoenix Sun Full sun (6+ hrs)

perfect alongside Dwarf Olive

Dramatic & Drought-Proof

Foliage Evergreen — stays green year-round with distinctive white threads Bloom Tall flower spike (6–10 ft) with greenish-purple flowers

so it works as a single flowering specimen

Mass Plantings & Borders

year-round foliage

Best Time to Plant Chaste Tree in Phoenix

'Blue Bells' Emu Bush matures at about 3 to 4 feet wide

or an edible screen along your Gilbert property line — Pineapple Guava gets the job done

The slow growth rate means it stays proportional in a pot for years