Gardening in Winter

Aloe · Joined: 16 May 2006 Posts: 400 Location: California

Ellen, here is a picture for you. This is a limequat. The fruits are smaller than a golfball but bigger than an olive.

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This is a Buddha's hand citron. There is no juicy fruit inside. It's like it's all peel. They smell good and are usually grown for the fragrance, but they can be candied. The fragrance is like a cross between lemon, orange, and something floral.

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So they will be called oaks of righteousness,
The planting of the LORD, that He may be glorified.
Isaiah 61:3b

God's Warrior · Posted: Sat Jan 31, 2009 9:13 pm Post subject:

My goodness! That thing does look like it has fingers. I thhin I must be living in a totally different world from where these plants are being grown. Wink

I have never heard of either one of the latest two. It is fascinating to me to get to see fruits, etc. that I have never even heard of.

Aloe · Joined: 16 May 2006 Posts: 400 Location: California

I thought you'd like those. Here is another weird thing. It's called a flying dragon. It is a citrus relative and is used for rootstock when grafting.

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So they will be called oaks of righteousness,
The planting of the LORD, that He may be glorified.
Isaiah 61:3b

God's Warrior · Posted: Sat Jan 31, 2009 10:17 pm Post subject:

Good Golly Miss Molly! What a freaky looking plant. It is kinda cute though, isn't it?

Mary · Joined: 18 May 2006 Posts: 761

Have you grown a citrus from a seed? Some of the grocery store fruits have a lot of seeds. I also see ads for citrus trees or bushes (always pictured with fruit on them) in the Sunday paper suplement and have wondered if they are anything near what the ads say. They look too good to be true.

CajuninKy · Joined: 24 May 2006 Posts: 554 Location: Kentucky

Those things grow back home in south east La but we always called them a Mock Orange. Thorns that would puncture you like a bullet. And fruit as hard as a rock. I never tried to eat any but we did break them open from time to time just out of curiosity.