Citrus adventures

March 2015.   The two weeks of Chinese New Year have just finished and sadly the lovely orange trees (Calamondin) get thrown away!  So, as I have done before, I have retrieved one to keep.  The oranges have to be thrown away as the growers apparently use lots of growth hormone to make the tree fruit :(

Calamondin oranges (we call them calamansi limes but they are actually oranges) is a citrofortunella hybrid between mostly like mandarin oranges and kumquats (fortunella).


Freshly retrieved plant - in a very healthy state!