Hybrid Citrus 'Benton' (Poncirus trifoliata x Citrus sinensis) 25/9 Restock the small purple-maroon spring flowers

the small purple-maroon spring flowers giving way

in the ground through zones 8 to 10 or in a large container to overwinter farther north

' and many more

doing the real business of pollination while ants and small flies stay stuck at the door

with the fresh look of orchard bloom in the thin light of late winter

Hybrid Citrus 'Benton' (Poncirus trifoliata x Citrus sinensis) 25/9 Restock the small purple-maroon spring flowersWoodlanders has long championed hardy citrus, the trifoliate hybrids that push oranges and their kin well beyond the usual citrus belt, and 'Benton' is one of the toughest of the group. The plant is a citrange, a deliberate cross between the sweet orange, Citrus sinensis, and the hardy trifoliate orange, Poncirus trifoliata, that legendary deciduous, thorny survivor of cold country citrus breeding. The name citrange simply fuses citrus and orange, and