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Great plant for holiday pots in the North East, but what is it?

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Zone 6, SE PA, very sharp, great winter interest, 5'x3', don't know what it looks like in leaf, stems lime green all over

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seaholly writes: "google" trifoliate orange or "natural barbed wire". The stems are always green and in the spring leaves and white blossoms appear. The blossoms turn into green,then yellow 2 inch citrus-like fruit(segmented,very seedy,and not a pleasant smell) Posted: 4:43 am on July 7th
powell200 writes: Thank you all for your input. I will watch for fruit. Wow,some type of citrus, just West of Philadelphia in zone 6. Who knew???!!! Posted: 7:33 am on April 21st
CrystalH writes: Wow! I love you gardeners who get the latin names for these plants. I "google" the name and get pictures of amazing orange trees that could easily look like this thorny bush during winter.

Powell200, it appears to be a strain of orange. Let us know
how it tastes when they ripen. Posted: 9:52 pm on April 5th
LilydesJardin writes: However, a closer look at it tells me that it could also be Ponderosa Lemon or Meyer Lemon after a hard Freeze
Posted: 3:36 pm on February 8th
LilydesJardin writes: We just call them Thornbushes here. Used one for a Christmas tree during one Poverty stricken year1 Posted: 3:35 pm on February 8th
kylefletcherbaker writes: Yes Poncirus trifoliata Posted: 3:42 pm on January 13th
WildAboutHarry writes: Motion seconded! Posted: 9:16 am on January 12th
MickieFlores writes: I'm thinking Poncirus trifoliata a.k.a. Hardy Orange Posted: 2:12 pm on January 11th
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