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yes Deb, its worthwhile if only for the fragrance
of the flowers. I got sucked down this deep hole by Roger Swain's articles
several years ago--as he admired his dwarf kumquats in a window of his home in
the Vermont winter. Now I have a veritable citrus orchard that I haul in
and out of my basement 2x/year. A kiffer lime for Thai cooking, 2
calamondine oranges--very prolific; 2 kumquats--very prolific; 1 lemon, 1 lime
tree (shrub would be better description). They seem to blossom very
late fall, early winter, so I hand pollinate with plucked male blossoms or a
Q-tip. One small tree is tremendously fragrant!! It will be smelled
all over the house. (friends ask what new Johnson Wax product I'm
using!) I am in SE Wis, zone 4/5. I put the pots in my veggie garden
for the summer, for height and interest. They are also fun to train in a
sort of mini-espalier or Bonsai. I also have a dwarf banana, and 2 dwarf
pomegranates (these bloom with a beautiful fuchsia-type blossom that I have not
been able to pollinate or cross-pollinate--but are also worth the show in the
middle of a blustery winter)
I guess that is more like three-cents worth.
But sincere.
Michelle Horner
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