Quercus texana (nuttallii) 25/10 Restock What sets the citrumelo apart

What sets the citrumelo apart is sheer constitution: hardy to about 10 degrees Fahrenheit once established

almost tropical character

and is all the more vigorous for the lack

kadsura twines gracefully rather than smothering

and in parts of the warm Southeast the common heavenly bamboo has naturalized into wild land

Quercus texana (nuttallii) 25/10 Restock What sets the citrumelo apartNuttall oak is named for Thomas Nuttall, the restless English American naturalist who botanized the young United States more thoroughly than almost anyone of his generation. Long known as Quercus nuttallii, the tree now carries the name Quercus texana in most botanical usage, a change that has caused no end of confusion, since the name once belonged to a different oak. Whatever the label, this is a large deciduous red oak of the Southern bottomlands,