2013 is over... time to start a new thread! The previous one can be found here...
My citrus collection - 2013

Let's just start with listing the current varieties I have, in random order...

Ruby Clementine
Tahiti Lime
Valencia Late Orange
Meyer Lemon (2x)
Chinotto
Mandared
Moro Orange
Seville Orange
Bergamot
Spanish Sanguinelli Orange
Salustiana Orange
Tarocco Tapi Orange
Hybrid #19 (Striped Meyer Hybrid)
Etrog Citron
Kara Mandarin
Amoa8
Corsican Citron
Eustis Limequat
Australian Finger Lime
Sfusato Amalfitano Lemon
Several Seville Orange seedlings
Several Poncirus Trifoliata seedlings
Flying Dragon

Since we have a very mild winter up to now, I decided to put my sanguinelli tree back outside. The idea is to get some blood coloration in the fruits, something I haven't been able to obtain in the previous years. Temperature is supposed to go down slowly towards the end of the week. I hope it will get cold enough to initiate the blood coloration...

Not much news around here. Since we don't have a real winter I decided to plant one of my larger seville seedlings in ground in the yard! We'll see how this turns out...

In the mean time the striped meyer hybrid is starting to grow. Let's hope it will also produce some flowers!

The three plants I got from Tintori are really doing great! The striped meyer hybrid is growing nicely, but unfortunately no flowers are coming yet. The tarocco Tapi has already flowered and is setting some fruit already. The Sfusato Amalfitano lemon is unbelievable! It's not really growing but it has been flowering all winter and is still producing flowers! Some fruits are already growing also!

New growth on meyer hybrid:


A couple of Tarocco Tapi fruitlets...


Sfusato Amalfitano lemon:
I'm expecting a lot from that plant!





I'm planning on putting a number of plants outside this weekend. Night temperatures are still near freezing but daytime temps are predicted to reach 20°C/68°F. Should be OK for most citrus I guess, and ideal for coloring up blood oranges!

Very cool Marc, Im going to be watching your updates closely, epically the striped Meyer! I hope you get fruit this year.

OK, let's bring this forum back to life, shall we?

No news on the striped meyer hybrid, other than that it is growing nicely. No flowers yet though.

On the other hand, my flying dragon is flowering for the very first time this spring. I have seen a couple of flowers in the past years but this time it's really filled with flowers!







And something else I'm very happy with... I picked one of the oranges of my spanish sanguinelli tree. I intentionally put that tree outside in the cold to get some blood coloration in the fruit, and guess what... it worked! It's only a very little bit in the flesh. Peel isn't colored at all. Knowing that spanish sanguinelli oranges usually have a lot of pigmentation, I wonder what else I have to do to get that. But for now I'm happy!

A few shots of the young sfusato amalfitano lemons. Unusually shaped...





A shot of the new growth on the striped meyer hybrid...

Picked the remaining 2 sanguinelli oranges today. They're really small but they are true blood oranges! Taste was good...

Nice pigmentation Marc. Seems like taking it outdoors in cold temperatures worked quite well for you. Speaking of pigmented varieties, I noticed quite a few shoots on my mandared, but can't see any flowers forming yet... Being a cross between nules and tarocco orange, I'd expect it to grow some flowers on its old wood, before putting out new shoots, which doesn't seem to the case here. How about yours?

Igor

Well, in fact not much is happening here. Currently the only plant with fruit producing flowers is the amalfi lemon. Plants that have always flowered in the past years, like the sanguinelli or the bergamot, are now just sitting there doing nothing. Most of my plants are outside since February and have experienced some cold. Maybe the warm and sunny spring weather we are getting now will trigger new growth and - hopefully - flowers...

My Mandared is shooting and flowering

Looking forward to your mandared fruits!

Second that...

Some more pictures...

Meyer lemon hybrid (ibrido 19):
Vigorous grower, but no flowers yet. New growth has a very nice color!








Etrog lemon, nice heavy fruit!






The AMOA8 that was given to me by Radoslav. Doing nicely!




Manda®ed : grows vigorously but no flowers unfortunately...






Tarocco Tapi has some really huge leaves...




Valencia Late is the only plant that is producing flower buds...




The in-ground flying dragon is producing some variegated growth...




Sfusato Amalfitano lemons growing nicely...