Citrus, Satsuma Orange, Unshu Orange 'Miho'

The Miho can survive a low of 14F after it has been in the ground a few years. You would want to protect it the first few years. If you l...Read Moreive on a sandy loam, you can buy it at Home Depot or Lowes on the Sour Orange rootstock. If you have clay soil, you need to get it from a nursery that sells it on Poncirus Trifoliata or it will but be a waste of time. I believe that all Satsumas sold with Creekside Nursery tags on it, will be on Trifoliata.

This past winter we had pretty extreme conditions. I did not protect my plant at all during 17 degree F temperatures and 30mph winds. The...Read More plant survived, but just barely.

This spring, the green branches had buds that looked like they wanted to sprout, but they weren't sprouting. As the days and weeks passed, I noticed the ends of the branches were dying back, simply drying out. I decided to wrap the plant in parafilm to prevent dessication.

Now, it's suddenly leafing out. So I'd say these conditions are probably right on the edge of what this plant can tolerate.

My plant has a trunk diameter at the base of a bit over one inch. A larger tree would have fared better. Had I covered it in row cover or something, it could have survived even colder temperatures.