Flying Dragon
Poncirus trifoliata
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Description
Flying Dragon is the dwarf contorted form of trifoliate orange (Poncirus trifoliata), sold in NZ by The Plant Company as Flying Dragon Citrus and championed by Flying Dragon Nursery, which introduced the rootstock to NZ. The Plant Company describes an evergreen shrub to 2 m with large thorns, white spring flowers and golf-ball yellow autumn fruit full of seeds with little pulp, primarily grown as a hardy thorny rootstock, dwarfing stock and impenetrable hedge rather than for fresh eating. Waimea Nurseries confirms Flying Dragon as its dwarfing citrus rootstock (trees to 2 m, earlier fruiting). Hardy, coastal-tolerant, low-maintenance.
Characteristics
Fruit Size
Small
Peel Colour
Yellow
Flesh Colour
Yellow, seedy with little pulp
Harvest Timing (NZ)
Unknown
Seediness
Many Seeds
Growth Habit
Compact
Thorny
Notes
NZ-standard dwarfing citrus rootstock (trees to ~2 m); thorny contorted habit; cold-hardy; hedge or specimen.
Fruit Use
Ornamental
Flavour Profile
Very sour, bitter, resinous; rootstock/hedge use
Storage Life
Poor