Punica granatum Carrot Top Spring Ephemerals The leaves are nicely patterned

The leaves are nicely patterned silver and green and the violet purple petals range from narrow to wide

thick textured fronds of Dryopteris crassirhizoma give a very tropical appearance in the garden

provided it's planted where it can stay fairly dry in the summer months

but the flowers are usually only seen by ground level critters and passed out football fans

The subterranean rhizomes are finger thick and bright red inside

Punica granatum Carrot Top Spring Ephemerals The leaves are nicely patternedI was walking by our large specimen of Punica 'Nochi Shibari' one summer when I noticed a huge branch that was sporting solid double orange flowers instead of the typical white and orange. We subsequently propagated from the sport and were pleased to introduce it in 2013 as Carrot Top pomegranate. Punica 'Carrot Top' makes a 15' tall specimen, with glossy finger sized leaves, adorned all summer with 3" wide, double orange flowers that resemble orange