pomegranate

Earlier I posted pictures of the fruits on my pomegranate tree.  I have picked a few of the fruits and I am enjoying the sweet juiciness of the ruby seeds.
This tree has a long history.  Over twenty years ago, a friend with a crowded garden needed some space for more planting so she decided her pomegranate tree had to go.  She offered it to me and together we dug up the tree (at least over twelve years old) and I managed to trim the top so it would fit in my car.  I planted the tree next to my compost heap in my previous garden.  The tree grew and produced fruits.  I taught my daughter to do air-layering (marcotting) for propagating and she did it on the pomegranate.  We forgot about the branch and a couple of years later I removed the plastic and coconut fibre wrapped around the air-layered branch and I found healthy roots.  I cut the branch and planted it in a pot and it stayed there, behaving like a bonsai.  When I moved to this garden the pomegranate was planted in the ground and it took off.  I was also successful by just sticking a branch in a pot and forgetting about it.  I knew I was successful when I noticed new growth sprouting.