I Was Surprised When I Saw This Xeriscaping

@LadyDuck Are yours edible? Or ornamental?

You are right. Time will tell if it's a dwarf or not. It looks like there will be a crop this year from even these small trees.

@bagarad I pick up small pomegranates from my small tree. I use them to make decorations for Christmas, they look so cute. Here is a photo of last year crop.

@LadyDuck was correct in guessing they are pomegranates, in this case inedible dwarf pomegranates.

@Hannihar Yes. I just discovered that when I went to Zazzle and saw all those pomegranate cards for Jewish New Year.

@bagarad People eat pomegranites on our Jewish New Year,.

Yes, they are pretty. But I have never seen them this young and that fooled me. It's also true that I haven't really studied the adult plants very much until this year and had never seen their flowers before. The plants are very useful, as well as being attractive in the garden.

@bagarad Waiting impatiently to know lol

@wolfgirl569 Here's a hint. The flowers turn into a fruit in the fall that is the same color as the blossoms.

I like the taste of the fruit -- just not the process of getting to it.

@MarshaMusselman I find them hard to eat, since I'm supposed to avoid eating things with seeds now.

@bagarad right. When I was younger it was like a puzzle trying to find all the nodules or whatever there called. Now I'm usually doing other things and don't want to take the necessary time. Although, our store now carries small cups with just the fruit but I've yet to buy any.

I wouldn't know this one if we didn't have two others on our block. What threw me off was its size. I've only seen established trees. Anna guessed correctly above.

@just4him I guess I'll have to wait to see if it ever produces fruit.

@bagarad I checked the comments and found it's a pomegranate bush. Interesting. I never would have guessed.

Indeed you will, especially if you read the comments of those who correctly guessed the plant's identity.

@bagarad yeah

Yes it does. That's why I didn't recognize it. Of course, it was just planted a few weeks ago, so it still may grow into a tree. Or it may be purely ornamental or a dwarf. I just read that there are two dwarf varieties that do not bear fruit. It's likely that's what these are since there are three of them in this one flower bed. The flowers are also smaller than those on the trees.

And you are right, my friend!

I think you would. If this is what I'm pretty sure it is, the flowers turn into tasty and expensive fruits.

Yes, and when the flowers turn to fruits they are expensive in markets.

There are some correct guesses in the comments now, so you can read what others have said to find out what this is. .

I don't want to reveal it until some others have had a chance to guess. They actually had two of these plants with more of the blue scabiosa flowers in between them.

@bagarad Yes. I will wait until they have guessed.