Citrus Growers Forum

citrange · Posted: Sun 24 Nov, 2013 5:52 am

Anyone in Germany looking for Poncirus trifoliata seeds?
I've just added a couple more locations to my web-site where you should be able to find mature fruits at this time of year:
http://www.homecitrusgrowers.co.uk/wheretoseePT/hamburg.html
http://www.homecitrusgrowers.co.uk/wheretoseePT/bremen.html

Mike/Citrange

Till · Posted: Mon 25 Nov, 2013 3:42 pm

Very nice pictures!
Have you Mainz, Mannheim, Frankfurt, Bonn, Bochum and Cologne (Koeln) already?
Mainz botanical garden has got three big trees, Frankfurt botanical garden one, Bonn botanical garden one (which is somewhat strange in that it begins flowering at the moment). Bochum botanical garden has got one not very tasty one. And Cologne has got three trees in the "Flora" (the botanical garden of the city). Mannheim "Luisenpark" (a mixure of zoo, park, and botanical garden owned by the city) has got one big tree.
It seems that most botanical gardens in Germany have at least one Poncirus tree.
But I unfortunatelly have no fotos. I have only tasted the fruits and have some hundred seeds. So if somebody wants seeds ask me...

citrange · Posted: Mon 25 Nov, 2013 4:09 pm

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Have you Mainz, Mannheim, Frankfurt, Bonn, Bochum and Cologne (Koeln) already?

No, only Mainau and Potsdam in Germany! But plenty in the UK, others scattered about Europe, and a few further afield. (See the index page.)
There could be more, but for some strange reason my family don't consider that trying to locate Poncirus trees is a suitable occupation when on holiday!

Till · Posted: Sun 01 Dec, 2013 1:14 pm

I am lucky that my girl friend is still tolerant. And keep her in a good mood by showing her passion flowers, the plants she loves the most. Smile