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The Bottlebrush That Learned to Take a Frost
A field guide to the cold-hardy bottlebrushes: which Callistemon species take a Carolina winter, how the genus works, siting and care, and the selection Woodlanders made in Aiken.
A Field Guide to Cold-Hardy Citrus
Field Guide · Cold-Hardy Citrus · Zones 7–9 — A practical guide to choosing, siting, and keeping citrus alive north of the citrus belt: the hardiness ladder, the three families...
A Field Guide to Hardy Palms
Field Guide · Hardy Palms · Southeastern Natives The Northernmost Palm in the World, and the Seeds Coming Home to Aiken A field guide to the palms that actually grow...
Yuzu Ichandrin: the cold-hardy citrus that grows where lemons can't
From the Nursery · Cold-Hardy Citrus Yuzu Ichandrin: the cold-hardy citrus that grows where lemons can't A mountain fruit from the high-elevation citrus regions of China and Japan —...
Sunquat: The Forgotten Hybrid with a Future
A Citrus That Slips Between Categories There is a citrus you can bite into whole, peel and all, with none of the puckering violence of a lemon and none of...
A Tang of Tenacity: The History of Cold-Hardy Citrus Varieties
The development of cold-hardy citrus didn’t begin in a backyard orchard—it began in the laboratories and trial fields of early 20th-century horticulturalists. These early scientists, often working in southern universities...
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