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laserlight
11-19-2011, 07:22 PM
i found this bush in the yard and its only maybe a foot tall. theres no thorns and the stems are very thin and it makes red flowers that are an inch wide. the flowers are still red but now theres a big orange seed inside that looks like a acorn. does anybody know? thanks for any help. =)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=46857&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=46857)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=46856&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=46856)
harveyc
11-19-2011, 08:32 PM
It might be a Japanese ornamental pomegranate. Some produce not much of a fruit at all and that might be the "acorn" you're seeing.
ron_mcb
11-19-2011, 09:34 PM
was also thinking that it sorta looked looked like a pom. i was studying the leaves and flower. almost anything that can grow in japan can grow here too .. i have lots of Japanese native plants, but have never seen that.
harveyc
11-19-2011, 09:57 PM
Here's one example of a Japanese variety:
PI 599581 - Punica granatum - NOCHI-SHIBORI - Saitama, Japan (http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/acc/display.pl?1000407)
http://www.ars-grin.gov/npgs/images/dav/punica/acc/PI599581.jpeg
laserlight
11-20-2011, 01:15 AM
thats exactly how the flowers looked last summer. Thanks! =D that will help save it this winter too cuz now i know it can die if it gets colder than 12*F. i read that banana plants can be protected with insulation and Christmas lights so i can do that and protect the bush when its too cold.
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