Cool eh? Of course right after I bought the tall but not very contorted one that’s when I saw these short very twisted ones at Portland Nursery. But not before I noticed the similarity between its spiky branches and the finials on the fence surrounding the nursery. My next encounter was this surprisingly tall specimen at Pistils Nursery, surprisingly tall and surprisingly cheap too! Now that I knew it was hardy I scooped it up for the front garden. Turns out maybe I only had noticed them in the winter when their leaves were gone? That’s also when I learned that it’s a citrus and will indeed get fruit, eventually. I wonder why you so often see them planted in containers? I hadn’t seen leaves on a Flying Dragon until this little guy from Cistus became mine. Just look at those wicked spikes! There is a nice one growing in the Kennedy School courtyard. Although still a knockout… Then of course there is this amazing specimen at the Portland Chinese Garden. My first “in-person” experience was when I discovered what had to be a Poncirus trifoliata at Dancing Oaks last June, although now looking at these pictures I wonder if this plant was still alive? It’s a little too ‘golden’ and there are no leaves. A quick search revealed my memory is better than I thought! It was back in September of 2009 that she posted about ‘dragon plants’ including an excellent photo of a Poncirus trifoliata. How surprised I was to find out that something so exotic and spiky as this plant is actually completely hardy here in Portland! I have a vague memory of Ricki (Banners by Ricki/ sprig to twig) talking about this plant long ago.
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