Hi Citriculturists,

Cold Hardy Palms has a Wikipedia page but Cold Hardy Citrus does not, so I started one.

Please help build the Cold Hardy Citrus page located at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cold_Hardy_Citrus and let's make it very informative since this page will likely become the first search result for any Cold Hardy Citrus related search.

Thanks,
Don

My Website: http://okcitrus.com
My forum: http://okcitrus.com/forum

I am proud to say I am the starter of a few Wikipedia articles. Though some have eventually been rejected or merged with other articles. Others have gotten a life of their own and really improved over time. I hope with all the collective knowledge from this forum (members), the articles can really become great.

One thing I have learned is to have an article already written, and then when you want to publish it on Wikipedia it is ready to go. The Wikipedia people do a pretty good job at deleting blank articles. So if something is not written soon it well be deleted. Then it seems to be tagged for quick deletion even after one is trying to cut and paste a decent prewritten article.

Though if one is able to get something in Wikipedia and able to have it last for a few months then it is almost guaranteed to stay, or merged with another article. Basically a somewhat decent article needs to be added soon or it well be deleted.

Don, here on the south west coast of Canada, just like Seattle and similar to Portland, we are a mild zone 8 climate generally speaking not too cold - maybe - just maybe a night or 3 at the bottom of the zone 8, perhaps 7 to 10 days where the temperature stays below freezing through the day and another 10 - 14 nights of hard frosts. where temperatures drop below freezing - 31f to 20f.
So the winter is not much of an issue. With a little tlc citrus can be grown outside.
The bigger issue is lack of heat - our spring may be late arriving and our summers my be short lived and cool.( homes with AC are rare) In most cases, but not all, it is best to grow citrus up against a south facing wall(full sun) and under a clear overhang or in a cold frame.If not, a late bloom and late growth and lack of fruit will be the result. Also, speaking to a local 'citrus pioneer', he grows most all of his citrus in a large hoop style cold frame. Acidic citrus such as Bearss limes and Meyer lemons and perhaps sudachi do better because prolonged heat is not required to ripen the fruit. For other varieties like satsumas,Oroblancos,trovita orange, He finds leaving the apparent fully developed fruit on the tree till spring actually produces a sweeter fruit than one harvested in the late fall.

I don't know if this will help in your Wikipedia post or not. If you want to know more about my hardy citrus experiences send me a PM. I am in my 3rd year of experimentation - by all accounts a NEWBY.

Cheers, Greg