Poncirus trifoliata “Flying Dragon”

Poncirus t. “Flying Dragon”

                                     ID#  854

 

Stonehenge

 
 

Additional Information: Transplanted Garden, Wilminton, NC

 
  Stonehenge
 
HEIGHT X SPREAD: 3-4 ft x 3-6 ft PLANT TYPE: deciduous, dormant in winter. GROWTH RATE: fast TEXTURE:coarse and throny LIGHT: Full sun to part shade WATER: moist, to dry. Tolerates drought SOIL: tbest in well drain soil
As observed in Eastern NC. BLOOMS: White citrus type bloom in spring, fragrant. FRUIT AND SEED: 2” diameter oranges that persist into winter. Edible but acidic/lemony. Best use for marmalade with skin and pulp. KEY FEATURES: Contorted and thorny. Stems stay green during winter when the foliage is gone. Provides a sculptural shrub off season.
A year cycle in the life of ...... at Stonehenge Specimen is about 4 ft. tall.

This hardy orange cultivar  is a deciduous, rounded, densely-branched, ornamental shrub which typically grows 3-6' tall and features zigzag to corkscrew stems, curved thorns 1" long, slightly fragrant. White spring flowers, 2" diameter and yellow-orange autumn 2” diameter fruit. Fruits are acidic with many seeds but edible. Best left on tree for winter interest in fall. This cultivar is synonymous with and sometimes sold as P. t. 'Monstrosa'.

January 2014

Location: Jan.2014

May 2014

Close up of thorns/ trunck

Spring leaves