My grandmother from Florida had a beautiful garden with delightful citrus trees. When I was 10, she and my father conspired to take me to a tropical nursery to let me pick out my very own orange tree â a calamondin, a miniature orange with round, sour fruit used like a lime. Well-suited to pot culture, the decorative calamondin was the perfect starter tree for a lifelong obsession.
Citrus trees have been adored for centuries. The French built elegant orangeries to protect potted trees that would die if left out in the cold. Locally, Henry Shaw built the Missouri Botanical Gardenâs Linnean House to overwinter his prized collection of citrus trees. Well-adapted for migratory indoor-outdoor movable pots, citrus trees will thrive in Missouri with just a good south-facing window for the winter.