She flowers on side-shoots two and three years old
brightening forest floors long before gardeners thought to give the plant a place at home
when Parrotia persica opens the first flowers
Fortunella crassifolia carries round
and this small tree will reward the gamble
Citrus 'Ponderosa' 25/11 Restock She flowers on side-shoots twoThe Ponderosa lemon is grown for spectacle as much as for the kitchen. The fruits are enormous, often two to four pounds each, thick skinned and gloriously bumpy, hanging like green gold cannonballs among the glossy leaves. For all the size, the flesh is tart, juicy, and true lemon in flavor, and works in any recipe a regular lemon would, with the novelty of a single fruit that can fill a hand. The history is tangled, and rather fun. Discovered as a