Citrus aurantium 24/9 Restock or a native planting

or a native planting

or at a woodland edge among native azaleas and other understory companions

with the fresh look of orchard bloom in the thin light of late winter

an elegant cascade and a magnet for butterflies and bees

few native perennials give so much for so little fuss

Citrus aurantium 24/9 Restock or a native plantingThe sour orange is grown across the warm world as an ornamental and even a street tree, and stands somewhat naturalized in Florida. The fruit is famous for marmalade and useful little else, since the flesh is fiercely sour and bitter, not for eating out of hand. This particular unnamed selection has a Woodlanders story: we propagated the tree from a single specimen found growing on the edge of an abandoned sandy field in a remote corner of Appling