Hybrid Citrus 'Benton' (Poncirus trifoliata x Citrus sinensis) 25/9 Restock On female plants the flowers

On female plants the flowers give way to clusters of raisin-sized

Herbaceous and dieback in zone 8

the branches growing a little straggling and irregular with age

in the ground through zones 8 to 10 or in a large container to overwinter farther north

or simply a bed that stays moist

Hybrid Citrus 'Benton' (Poncirus trifoliata x Citrus sinensis) 25/9 Restock On female plants the flowersWoodlanders has long championed hardy citrus, the trifoliate hybrids that push oranges and their kin well beyond the usual citrus belt, and 'Benton' is one of the toughest of the group. The plant is a citrange, a deliberate cross between the sweet orange, Citrus sinensis, and the hardy trifoliate orange, Poncirus trifoliata, that legendary deciduous, thorny survivor of cold country citrus breeding. The name citrange simply fuses citrus and orange, and