Citrus Poncirus Trifoliata "Flying Dragon" | 10+ seeds | UK Hardy

Please find for sale 10 Citrus Poncirus Trifoliata "Flying Dragon" seeds, also known as Trifoliate Orange or Winter Orange.

Citrus Trifoliata is renowned for being the most cold tolerant of all citrus - fully hardy in the UK. Fast growing, it produces delightfully-scented white flowers in Spring and from late summer it produces fruit that ripen into Autumn. This is a very versatile evergreen plant - is happy in the garden, in large pot or containers or indoors as a bonsai specimen.

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Germination Guide

• As this citrus is cold hardy, its seeds benefit from some cold stratification for maximum germination rates.
• Mix the seeds with a handful of moist sand and place in a ziplock bag
• Place bag in the fridge for 4-5 weeks then remove
• Prepare a seed tray filled with moist (but not wet) seed compost, lightly firmed down
• Ideally a mix of  50% regular compost, 50% vermiculite  
• No need to use ericaceous compost for germination
• Sow seeds circa 2cm deep evenly space and gently cover
• Keep surface moist but not wet  - best to water from the bottom by having seeds tray inside a waterproof container.
• Loosely cover tray with clear plastic bag
• Keep at room temperature in a light place but out of direct sunlight
• Seedlings should appear in around 1-3 weeks from sowing. 
• Pot on to individual pots once several sets of leaves

For more control and quicker/better germination, you can gemrinate these on tissue paper made damp with a water/peroxide mix - lots of article online about the "baggy method"

When potting on, start using ericaceous (more acidic) compost which is available from all garden centres.