Best looking container citrus tree I've seen is some time.

Thanks. You can't see, but it's tethered up behind to the house wall, so the wind doesn't knock it over.

I agree your tree looks very healthy.

Steve

Dave were you at the Citrus Expo that Gaylord was in charge of when it was held in your city several years back.?

Beautiful tree, that tree an carry a whole bunch stuff. Too tall for my troop. If all my tree’s look like that, I am in trouble.

My little Clem-Yuz tree (Ten Degree Tangerine) had a hard time and suffered some fairly severe damage going through the 2018-2019 Winter - specifically in early February - which was a colder winter with much more snow than usual for the area. (Olympia, WA, climate zone 8a, many of my other hardy citrus like Yuzu pulled through fine with only minor damage)

The tree lost all its leaves. It tried to sprout new leaf bud growth two or three times, but each time failed. So it went the entire year without any leaves. But the trunk and branches still appeared a healthy color of green, although there were a lot of grey dead streaks -damage areas - on the little branches.

This year however (2020) it appears that the little plant was finally able to send out some leaf growth from one spot on one of the little branches.

Right now there are 6 little very small leaflets emerging from one point, each little leaflet is only about 1 or 2cm long right now.

This is a good sign. Kind of amazing that the tree was able to go a whole year without being able to put out leaf growth (since it was reeling from the winter damage), and then the next year puts out signs of life.

It is obvious to me however that the Clem-Yuz (Ten Degree) is not as cold hardy as Yuzu.

My Changsha mandarin also pulled through just fine this winter, even keeping all its leaves, but it did not go through the previous (2018-2019 winter).

Dave what a gorgeous tree!! ive never had a Clem yuzu hybrid sounds so interesting! I just love my yuzu it’s so fragrant! How long did that take from seed Dave? the pot is so small compared to its canopy I wonder if it’s because I heard from seed trees have shallow roots? anyways so beautiful :)

Jan, I think about 8 or 9 years to fruit from seed.

Silica, I attended the Citrus Expo when it was at VA Beach many years ago. Was it 2006? Can't recall. I picked a number of hardy citrus seeds there. Also, Gaylord and I correspond and trade plant materials occasionally.

Bob, that's the problem with seedling trees. You have to let them grow up big and tall in order for them to make the phase change from juvenile to mature growth that will bloom. I have taken cuttings from the top, and grafted the top-most twigs from it, so I now have smaller versions of Clem-Yuz that are mature enough to bear. They are taking a while and I don't want to throw out the Mother tree just yet. I will probably hack it back down a bit before it comes in for the winter.

socalnolympia, that's too bad about your Clem-Yuz. I hope you have a long enough growing season and heat to allow that new growth to mature and harden up well before winter. Have you tried Citrandarin (US-852)?

I actually do have three seedlings from US-852. They have not gone through a winter outside though (being kept in an enclosure inside).

I have no doubt US-852 (or any citrandarin, for that matter) would survive here; they are in a world of cold hardiness away from Clem-Yuz. (I've heard US-852 can survive in the colder part of zone 7 Virginia, maybe even zone 6 in a protected spot, super-hardy)

Also interesting to observe that my earlier comment today seems to have been deleted by a moderator. The post is only observable to me when I'm logged in, not when I'm logged out. (I guess Houzz's subtle form of censorship)

I'm not sure what exactly could have triggered them to delete the comment though. Maybe handing out too much personal information on someone else? Or excessive political correctness about the guy's name?