Citrus taiwanica Reference A plant of wet places

A plant of wet places in the wild

Where the species blazes a saturated gold

Even and steady moisture suits the foliage best

so this plant may be a hybrid with one of the red-flowered species

The flowers are the summer event: long racemose panicles

Citrus taiwanica Reference A plant of wet placesWoodlanders has long led in offering citrus and citrus hybrids hardy well beyond the usual citrus belt, and Citrus taiwanica is one of the tougher evergreens of the group. A vigorous, upright, spreading, thorny tree, the Taiwan orange bears sour tangerine to orange fruit that is both ornamental and useful, the base of a very tasty ade. One of the hardier evergreen citrus, the tree sets good crops here in Aiken, South Carolina. Native to Taiwan, this