Lizzy welcomes you to the garden

Lizzy welcomes you to the garden
The blog for the UCSB Garden

Thursday, December 29, 2016

Calamondin


Quick post on the citrus tree in the garden. It isn't a kumquat, they have a sweet skin and sour fruit. It's a calamondin, which are apparently fairly common in the Philippines, sour skin, sour fruit. If you eat them for the vitamin C rather than expecting a sweet treat they are quite nice! Here are a few online links, Purdue Horticulture, wikipedia.