I want to grow citrus. It's mostly just the idea of being able to grow citrus - and I mean big trees out in the yard. Not smaller plants in containers that I have to fuss over. I want citrus trees as a feature of the landscape. And according to research I had done, I realized I was in a marginal climate zone where that might not be entirely impossible, if I got some very rare unusual varieties. Right now it's sort of like a collection where I try to get as many rare different varieties as might be able to grow outside here, while still trying to pick the ones that won't have a flavor too terrible. Growing subtropical things helps make me feel that the temperatures are warmer than they actually are - like I'm striving/fighting against nature. (I'm not much of a fan of native area plant gardens, as you might have surmised)

This particular seed grown Citrangequat (from woodlanders) is entirely trifoliate leaved, it survived not one but two separate winters planted directly in my garden with different kinds of passive protection. I pulled it to recoup in a pot. It is destined to be outside permanently at some point. I have a much smaller grafted unifoliate version from McKenzie fruiting now

I've tasted something that I had identified as a probable Morton Citrange, which was growing in someone's yard in Vancouver, WA. When you cut one open, it misleadingly looks like a delicious orange. I and the homeowner think they taste horrible and inedible, but the homeowner says he has two relatives that say they kind of like the flavor. Interestingly he also has what is apparently a special variety of pure Poncirus that I can stand to eat a little of. Doesn't have any of the horrible putrid "I need to spit this out right now" flavor that the (presumed) citrange has.

I have 3 in pots (D'Anjou, Bartlett and something else) being grown to size. One in ground of decent semi dwarf size has exactly ONE Pear still out of 4 that took.......bad Spring that week to 2 week period, dems the breaks. But I did get some cross pollination. Long term I gotta get lucky one year.