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x Citrofortunella
microcarpa
'Peters'		 ns: a listed name. Separation from 'Tiger' ('Variegata') if any is
ns: not currently available.
   

 

     
x Citrofortunella
microcarpa
'Tiger'
('Variegata')
(Citrus reticulata
'Variegated Calamondin')


JC Raulston Arboretum. July 2004. A wonderful summer bedding shrub, more colorful and bold than any variegated privet or laurel. Click image to enlarge.

 ha: compact, globose to densely ovoid, making a smaller and
ha: showy plant for small gardens
lc: irregularly margined cream or half cream, some leaves more light yellow in chimera.
lc: chimera may be up to 60% of total foliage surface, giving excellent color in the landscape.
or: thought to be a sport of the famous 'Calamondin' strain
ns: we follow the RHS HORTICULTURAL DATABASE 2003 in
ns: the use of this vernacular name. The epithet 'Variegata' for
ns: this clone is not reported in pre-1959 literature and thus must
ns: not be used.
   

 

     
Citrus
aurantiacum
[yellow margined]
 lc: yellow margined
frc: often striped yellow
ns: this species is the "Saville orange" or "sour orange"
li: Yokoi, M. and Y. Hirose. 1978. Variegated Plants. Siebundo Shinkosha Pub. Ltd.
   

 

     
Citrus
kumquat
'Centennial'
('Variegated Kumquat')
 lc: broadly margined yellowish-cream becoming margined ivory
eval: it is the brightest chimera for indoor use and very appealing.
   

 

     
Citrus
limon
'Eureka Variegated',
'Variegated Eureka',
'Eureka Variegated Pink',
'Pink Lemonade',
'Variegated Pink'_
 ht: 8 ft. - shorter than some clones of lemon
lc: thinnly margined white, new growth may be pinkish
frc: fruit may also be striped white!
or: sport of famous clone 'Eureka' and sharing it's other traits
ns: the "pink" in the cultivar names refers more to the pink of
ns: the fruit (which is a reliably good) rather than the pinkish
ns: and somewhat subtle new growth.
   

 

     
Citrus
limon
'Ponderosa Variegated'
 lc: heavily mottled cream
li: Glasshouse Works 1998 Catalog: 16
   

 

     
Citrus
limon
'Sungold'
 lc: "beautifully gold-streaked foliage". it is not cream as in
lc: other variegated clones.
frc: also striped yellow
ll: smaller than 'Ponderosa Variegated' per GHW
pat, or: Milton K. Harjung US#4828
li: Glasshouse Works 1990 Catalog: no pagination
   

 

     
Citrus
limon
'Variegata'		 lc: margined creamy-white
st: said to be thornless
so: The trade seems obsesses with only 'Eureka
so: Variegated' at the current time and does not list this.
   

 

     
Citrus
limon
'Villa Franca'
 ns: a listed name. Description needed.
   

 

     
Citrus
medica
[cream margined]
 lc: cream margined
li: Yokoi, M. and Y. Hirose. 1978. Variegated Plants. Siebundo Shinkosha Pub. Ltd.
   

 

     
Citrus
medica
'Etrog Variegated'		 lc: reddish-pink striped pink, later green with medium yellow
lc: stripes
frc: often striped yellow
or: apparently a sport of the Citron cultivar 'Etrog'
li: Glasshouse Works 1990 Catalog: no pagination
   

 

     
Citrus
unshu
[cream margined]
 lc: irregularly margined in cream
li: Yokoi, M. and Y. Hirose. 1978. Variegated Plants. Siebundo Shinkosha Pub. Ltd.