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santosh
Joined: 20 Feb 2009
Posts: 9
Location: austria - zone 7b (citrus inground in greenhouse)
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| Posted: Tue 01 Dec, 2009 10:00 pm |
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hi!
I'm searching for a hardy citrus with scented foliage. lemon/lime scented leaves for cooking would be nice.
fruit quality is not important.
fast growing would be nice, so I don't have to cut down a single tree each year for one dish  |
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ilyaC
Citruholic
Joined: 04 Sep 2009
Posts: 274
Location: France, 40km South of Paris
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| Posted: Wed 02 Dec, 2009 5:29 pm |
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Hi,
I have Citremon M33 from B.Voss in Hamburg. Very hardy tree, no flowering up to now (5 years in the ground), but leaves are extremely aromatic, with pleasant lemon scent.
Best regards,
Ilya
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santosh
Joined: 20 Feb 2009
Posts: 9
Location: austria - zone 7b (citrus inground in greenhouse)
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| Posted: Wed 02 Dec, 2009 7:43 pm |
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thanks, good to hear!
I already got plants from him, I'll put it on my wish list  |
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Millet
Citruholic
Joined: 13 Nov 2005
Posts: 6657
Location: Colorado
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| Posted: Wed 02 Dec, 2009 8:36 pm |
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The leaves of a citrus variety most used in cooking is the Kaffir Lime, especially in Thai cooking. - Millet (1,141-). |
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Terry
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Joined: 21 Nov 2005
Posts: 243
Location: Wilmington, NC
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santosh
Joined: 20 Feb 2009
Posts: 9
Location: austria - zone 7b (citrus inground in greenhouse)
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| Posted: Thu 03 Dec, 2009 2:59 pm |
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great! I ordered some yuko for spring without knowing about their lemon smell.
unfortunately the kaffir lime is not hardy here  |
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tarmstrong75
Citruholic
Joined: 05 Jan 2008
Posts: 42
Location: Wilmington, NC (USDA zone 8b)
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| Posted: Fri 04 Dec, 2009 2:14 pm |
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The leaves on Ichang Lemon have an intense citrus smell, and the tree is reasonably cold-hardy as well. A Mexican immigrant doing some work on our house recently told me that similar leaves are used to brew a kind of tea in the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico, his home. I've never tried cooking with them but the Ichang Lemons seem to be the leafiest variety in my small citrus collection. |
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Stan McKenzie
Citrus Guru
Joined: 14 Nov 2005
Posts: 314
Location: Scranton, SC USA
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| Posted: Mon 07 Dec, 2009 11:53 am |
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Terry and Tim. I will have a cup of that yuko tea and a cup of ichang tea next November. Perhaps we can have a citrus leaf tea competition!
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Terry
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Joined: 21 Nov 2005
Posts: 243
Location: Wilmington, NC
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| Posted: Mon 07 Dec, 2009 12:23 pm |
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Stan,
I like it! It's a date.
I never thought of making a tea out ot citrus leaves. It's time to experiment.
Terry |
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