Heres some photos from the yard today.

Clemenules that Benny sent me the budwood from. Has a few flower buds going.



Variegated Bergamot orange Joe sent me the budwood from. Also has some flower buds going.



Variegated Buddhas hand with new flush & flower buds forming.



Cocktail grapefruit that Gaylord gave me the budwood. This is in the ground & unprotected, no frost damage at all.

My variegated Etrog. Looks like I will have some fruit this year !



Flying Dragon flowering.



Faustrime grafted last fall.



Hirado Butan flushing out.

Key lime third year from seed. Nice new flower flush.



Navel orange I got from Stan three years ago. Inground & about 8 ft. tall. There must be about 500 flowers on it now.



Owari on flying Dragon rootstock blooming like crazy !



Ugli fruit. Gaylord brought me the budwood for this one. A few flowers as well.

Bearss lime.



Variegated Ponderosa lemon.



Willow leaf orange with flowers !



Yuzu with flower buds.



And as always my citrus guardian



I'll get some pics of the rest of my citrus tomorrow.

Congratulation Laaz!
What is your secret on making the budwoods grow so fast?
I have more than 10 buds that took but they are still small and not growing as fast as I want them to be.
Perhaps I should bud them onto the most active branch next time huh! And unto the most upper part of the tree.
I guess my faullt is I don't want to disfigure the look of the mother tree so I graft them to the most inconspicous places. And mostly on the lower branch and Millet said that that's where the roots get its nutrients.

Hey Benny. I grafted the Clemenules to Swingle rootstock I grew. I don't graft to existing trees. I grow my rootstock & if I'm low on some I get more from Stan & Ned.

Your collection looks great!!!!!
Love the new growth on the V. Buddhas hand..
I love looking at pics of your variegated collection.. they look so pretty!!

and as always the citrus guard is lookin good!!

Gina *BabyBlue*

Laaz, looks like you have quite the green thumb! Loved every pic (except it took along time to get them up!)
I loved the citrus guardian who posed with a smile on his face! He's a great dog!

How wonderful your yard must smell when they are all in full bloom. Great pic's Laaz and great dog too, he's a cutie!

Good to see that everything is coming along nicely Laaz. You guys are always a few weeks ahead of us up here. Your Ugli fruit and Cocktail look great. This will be my first year of home grown Ugli so I am curious as to how it will look grown in our Southeast coast climate. You may expect some Cocktail fruit like this pretty soon:



The picture is a little deceiving because that one fruit was much larger and heavier than your average grapefruit and more the size of a large pummelo.

Your citrus guardian sure was nice to smile for your picture. He doesn't seem to have the same friendly expression whenever I come to visit