Unknown plant in a friend's garden

My friend has two of these small flowering shrubs in her garden and would like to know the name please. Danke schön from her in advance.

 

Errr, pomegranate Kedi.

probably the dwarf variety.

 

Punica granatum

 

Yup definitely. Did she have them for a while? In my north italian garden it proved not really hardy, but may be I was unlucky. But if they are not winter tested, so to say,may be she would be wise to give them a bit of protection, or a sheltered place. Liebe grùsse, Kat

 

I would have said Pomegranite straight away ... but then I'm surrounded by them ... :D They are just about over fruiting here now.

 

Been hardy here for at least 30 yrs.

Was cut to the ground by frost, back in the late seventies or early eighties, but been ok ever since.

Even came through the 87 freeze, but was covered in snow that year.

 

Pete. I know they're hardy, down here.:thumb: But do the fruits have time to ripen in our balmy climate
They seem to ripen in Oct. in the Med. Would an early frost damage the fruits?

 

That's good!

May be mine was really unlucky, I am cursed with windswept gardens, lol.

 

Not much chance of ripening the fruit Caj.
The summer if it arrives is just not long enough.
I have seen one plant locally growing against a sunny house wall.
It comes into leaf a good month before mine and flowers much earlier. and goes on longer in autumn.
But I've never seen it with ripe fruit, partly because the owner likes to cut it back a lot.:(

Surely the flowers are much better than the fruit, any way?

 

Was looking around on my travels today and noticed most will be picked within weeks.

Like lemon trees, in this area the farmers often line the perimeter of orange groves with Pomegranate trees as they do with Lemon trees because they are hardier than orange trees and 'should' we get frost the orange trees are protected. :thumb: