Hillsborough, NC (Zone 7a) | April 2011 | positive
I added the comment about danger but now it looks like the plant is too dangerous. The plant has sturdy sharp spines. One has to watch ou...Read Moret for them but they are easily avoidable. I have an etrog that has been growing in a container for the past 9 years. We live in zone 7 so it goes outside for the spring, summer, and fall and then inside for the winter. This spring is the first spring that it bloomed profusely. I have to say that it is my first experience with a citrus bloom that is not fragrant in a pleasant sense, not at all like my meyer lemon trees or calamondin orange, all in pots, that are deliciously fragrant. I've always tucked prunings into my flower arrangements and they usually sprout roots.
I added the comment about danger but now it looks like the plant is too dangerous. The plant has sturdy sharp spines. One has to watch ou...Read More