Citrus 'Rusk' prophouse-fall-2026 shade-tolerant small tree

shade-tolerant small tree

Kin to the better-known Clethra barbinervis

Because Woodlanders ships across the country

tubular flowers open in a cool violet-blue from spring through fall

Duranta serratifolia

Citrus 'Rusk' prophouse-fall-2026 shade-tolerant small treeAmong the very first of the citranges, Citrus 'Rusk' dates to 1897, when Walter Swingle crossed a Ruby orange with the tough, cold hardy trifoliate orange, Poncirus trifoliata, in the great effort to breed citrus that could take a freeze. The result is a vigorous, tall growing, notably hardy tree, evergreen to semi evergreen, and dense with the distinctive three parted trifoliate leaves. The fruit is deep orange and juicy, with, in the old