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March 22, 2010

What's blooming at the Baltimore Conservatory?

Photo credit: Michael Lemmon

Citrus

Citrus are small evergreen trees or shrubs of the Rutaceae family that are native to the southern areas of Asia and include oranges, grapefruits, lemons, and limes. Their flowers are on display now at Baltimore's Rawlings Conservatory in Druid Hill Park.

Brought to the US by Christopher Columbus, records indicate that oranges were growing in St. Augustine, Florida by 1579.

Flowers are usually white with a very strong sweet fragrance. Citrus make great ornamentals and do well in containers.

Since most plants grow in tropical areas of the world they will not tolerate freezing temperatures and require lots of sunlight.

Posted by Susan Reimer at 1:08 PM | Permalink | Comments (1)
Categories: Baltimore's Rawlings Conservatory

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I can smell the citrusy scent through the screen.

What a gift you have, my dear! I can just smell dust on my screen! --Susan

Posted by: NotableM | March 22, 2010 2:20 PM

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About Susan Reimer

Susan Reimer has spent 16 years writing about raising kids - among other topics - in her column for The Baltimore Sun. And every time son Joseph or daughter Jessie passed another milestone - driver's license, college, wedding or a move to a new military duty station - she has planted another garden. Now she will be writing about those gardens - and yours - here on Garden Variety.

Susan isn't an expert gardener, but she wasn't an expert mother, either. Both - the kids and the gardens - seem to be doing well in spite of her.

She lives in Annapolis with her husband, Gary Mihoces, who loves to cut his grass but has noticed that there seems to be less of it every time the kids pass another milestone.

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