1 - Get and use a moisture meter. $6 will save you hundreds on plan replacement.

Water it DEEPLY when you water it - run a soaker hose coiled around the entire canopy area and a few feet out for several hours at a slow drip. However, that should not be until the soil is dry 6 inches or more down. You will learn how your spoil holds or doesn't hold water.

Mulch the entire root area (or as much of it as you can) with 4-6 inches of something that doesn't decay quickly, but keep a few inches around the trunk clear of mulch.

2 - Don't worry about fertilizing it until you have the watering figured out. Pomegranates do well on neglect as long as they get water, and you are more likely to hurt it than help it with fertilizer. The schedules are usually for orchard production, and are too much too often.

3 - Prune off any new branches that are crossing the interior of the tree, and any that are headed in directions you don't approve of.

Decide if you want a big bush or a small multi-stemmed tree. If you want the small tree, start by pruning off a few of the bottom branches. As the top grows, you will be pruning out the bottom ones until you have 3-5 feet of trunk or trunks cleared over the next several years.

BTW, the red flower petals will dry on the fruit and can be gently pulled off to use in potpourri. They stay really red, unlike most red blossoms.

Thank you, lazygardens, for answering my questions!

Do I also need to thin out the fruit as it begins to grow on the tree (like when you thin out peaches, apples, etc.)?

Thank you, again!! Your response was very helpful!

Yes, if there are so many that the branch is starting to bend. If it's growing in clusters, thin back to 2-3 per cluster, if it's all alnong the branch thin them so they are 6-8 inches apart at the tips and 4-6 apart closer to the trunk where the branches are sturdier.

Thank you, thank you so very much!! I am so grateful for your responses. I am feeling a lot more confident now about our little pomegranate.

I am considering purchasing a "Wonderful" pomogranite tree. I live in Prescott AZ (CV) My soil is full of calechee. I dig most of my holes past 8 inches, with pick axe due to it being to hard to dig. I have some ground that has been worked and worked, gardened. The soil is pretty good. What should I do to my soil befor planting the tree and will the winter chill be bad for it?

Mix your backfill with 70% native soil and 30% compost to allow for drainage. If you don't, you'll kill your pomegranate through root suffocation.

Pomegranates are deciduous and are hardy to 5 degrees, which should work for Zone 7 (Prescott).