Scott, Thanks. I have some trees I will plant now. I will also receive some trees as well as grapes from Isons in mid January. Several of the trees I will be receiving will be pomegranates do you think I should just place the poms in the garage. Thanks .
Thanks for the advice I will water them well. Thanks again
Yes that sounds like a good idea.
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Hi Dave,
I’m in zone 7a in NoVA and currently facing the same question you went through 5 years ago. Got a dozen trees ordered and coming mid Dec through January. Wondering how your trees turned out for you planting them during this time frame. I got couple of plums, a Saijo persimmon, 2 pomegranates, several asian pears and some jujubes.
The only thing I would be concerned about on that list would be pomegranates. They are marginal and may not like freezing their first winter. So for me I would pot those up and put in a cool dark place until spring, but I would plant the others out right away.
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Thanks Scott, I’ll pot those poms and leave them in the garage over winter then.
Hi,
I followed the great advice. I received here. I did plant them in the winter, and they did fine. I think you should follow Scott’s advice and not plant the pomegranates in the ground. I also ordered and received some pomes in the winter and I placed them in pots and put them in the garage. I planted them in the ground in the spring. I hope this helps. Where are you in VA.
I’m in Fairfax County, VA
Received 5 plants from Willis Orchard today. Looks good overall, especially the two pomegranates with lots of fine roots. I’m a little concern about the plums and saijo since they don’t seem to have a much roots for their size. Potted the poms for overwintering in the garage and planted the others in the ground a few hours later. Thank you all for the advices.
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Those don’t look too bad, or maybe I just have a low bar for Willis 
They used to send out a lot of nearly-dead stuff.
After I already ordered from them, I stumbled onto some comments regarding their reputation and got a little worried but it seems the trees were well packaged and shipped quickly as stated on their web page. Hopefully, the varieties they sent match what I actually ordered but I won’t know for sure until they bear fruits.
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So just to follow up on the recommendation on here for poms…I potted up the pomegranates and they’ve been sitting in the garage waiting for spring. When in spring should I put them in the ground, around March or April? or should I wait until the overnight temperature consistently above some threshold? Thanks.
I ordered a Saijo from them with roots like that. Fast forward 3 years and it’s a fruiting 15 foot tall tree. Sometimes you luck out.
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