Thanks for sharing. Looks awesome!

Here is a pic of it today. I just noticed it has a BUD! and some wee flowers:) Maybe not dead yet! The other day i gave it a neem and peppermint water spray. I saw a couple of aphids.. also i gave it some spray last week or so with water and epson salts. We also repotted it giving it more aeration.. and a clay pot instead of plastic. maybe it is just recovering from that switch, though we did it so carefully trying not to remove too much dirt around it .We are trying our best and i have done so much research.

My PT are also the only things that really hold up over winter here. They have gone down to -12F and several -6F The US897s desiccate as springtime arrives and start dyeing back. I will have to bring my US897 in very soon so it can hydrate or it will die back. If the US897 were in ground it might do better. The US897 showed it could take a trunk temperature down to 0 F so If you had a greenhouse failure on an owari satsuma you tree should come out OK down to temperature lower than many other rootstocks would. The US897 produces better fruit than most other root stocks. While the seville sour trunk survived the roots were killed so it would not do well as a potted tree left out in that kind of cold. Steve

Technically they are cladodes, or flattened stems, rather than leaves. And the flowers can form on the top, or bottom. I'm not sure about the ratio for bottom flowers per species though.