Indio Mandarinquat Gene Cline and takes happily to a

and takes happily to a large container that can be moved under cover for hard freezes

the well-known Florida native-plant nursery

softer companions

massed on a slope for erosion control

and almost no one knows it

Indio Mandarinquat Gene Cline and takes happily to aThe Indio mandarinquat is one of those happy accidents that citrus breeding throws up now and then, a natural cross between a mandarin (Citrus reticulata) and a kumquat (Citrus japonica) that borrows the best of both parents. From the mandarin come the size, the deep orange color, and the perfume; from the kumquat come the sweet, tender, wholly edible rind and a welcome measure of cold tolerance. The fruits hang like small golden lanterns against dark