Poncirus trifoliata ‘Snow Dragon’

This incredible selection of the Hardy Orange is both contorted and variegated. Hardy Orange is also called the Trifoliate Orange or Chinese Bitter Orange and is closely related to Citrus, but unique in being fully winter deciduous. Unlike the grocery store oranges, Hardy Orange fruit is more yellow in color, and has a bitter flavor and a musky odor somewhat like pine. As a result the fruit is commonly used to make marmalade, syrup, or dried for use as a condiment. Fruit aside, the tree is an attractive ornamental, and its dense thorny branches make it a useful hedge plant along property lines. The leaves change to a beautiful yellow in the autumn and the fruit often holds on the tree into the winter, creating year-round interest.

‘Snow Dragon’ is a dwarf selection of Hardy Orange and will probably only grow to reach four feet high and wide. Plants can handle seasonal frost and snow exposure well and appreciate regular moisture and feeding with a high nitrogen fertilizer.

Cold hardy to USDA zone 5 and above, or to -20 degrees Fahrenheit

This plant cannot be shipped to Arizona, California, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, or Texas.

For sale are one gallon potted plants