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Sweet Oranges
Variety
Usual Ultimate Height When Planted in the ground*
Usual Bloom Season
Usual Fruit Season
Needs Heat to sweeten fruit
protect below these temps
best for indoor growing
Washington Navel Orange
12'-15'
Spring
Winter
Yes
28
Yes
Trovita Orange
8'-12'
Spring
Spring
No
28
Yes
Cara Cara (Pink) Navel Orange
8'-12'
Spring
Fall / Winter
Yes
28
No
Lane Late Navel Orange
8'-12'
Spring
Spring / Winter
Yes
28
No
Robertson Navel Orange
8'-12'
Spring
Winter
Yes
28
No
Shamouti Orange (Jaffa / Palestine)
8'-12'
Spring
Spring
Yes
28
No
Valencia Orange
8'-12'
Spring
Summer
Yes
28
No
Midknight Valencia Orange
8'-12'
Spring
Summer
Yes
28
No
Smith Red Valencia
8'-12'
Spring
Winter / Spring
Yes
28
No
Washington Navel Orange
8'-12'
Spring
Winter
Yes
28
Yes
Blood Oranges
Variety
Usual Ultimate Height When Planted in the ground*
Usual Bloom Season
Usual Fruit Season
Needs Heat to sweeten fruit
protect below these temps
best for indoor growing
Moro Blood Orange
8'-12'
Spring
Early Spring
Yes
28
No
Sanquinelli Blood Orange
8'-12'
Spring
Early Spring
Yes
28
No
Tarocco Blood Orange
8'-12'
Spring
Early Spring
Yes
28
No
Sour Oranges
Variety
Usual Ultimate Height When Planted in the ground*
Usual Bloom Season
Usual Fruit Season
Needs Heat to sweeten fruit
protect below these temps
best for indoor growing
Boquet De Fleurs Sour Orange
8'-10'
Spring
Spring / Summer
Yes
28
No
Chinotto Sour Orange (Myrtle Leaf)
8'-12'
Spring
Spring / Sumer
Yes
28
No
Seville Sour Orange
8'-12'
Spring
Spring / Summer
Yes
28
No
Bergamot Sour Orange
8'-12'
Spring
Spring / Summer
Yes
28
No
Mandarins
Variety
Usual Ultimate Height When Planted in the ground*
Usual Bloom Season
Usual Fruit Season
Needs Heat to sweeten fruit
protect below these temps
best for indoor growing
Gold Nugget Mandarin (P)
8'-10'
Spring
Spring / Summer
No
30
No
Tango Mandarin (P)
8'-10'
Spring
Jan / Mar
Yes
32
No
Owari Satsuma Mandarin
6'-8'
Spring
Dec / Jan
Yes
28
No
Dancy Tangerine
8'-10'
Spring
Winter
Yes
32
No
Clementine Mandarin (Algerian)
8'-10'
Spring
Winter
Yes
32
No
Tahoe Mandarin (P)
8'-10'
Spring
Jan / Feb
Yes
32
No
Yosemite Mandarin (P)
8'-10'
Spring
Jan / April
Yes
32
No
California Honey Mandarin
8'-10'
Spring
Winter / Spring
Yes
32
No
W. Murcott Mandarin
8'-10'
Spring
Jan / Mar
Yes
32
No
Kinnow Mandarin
8'-10'
Spring
Spring
Yes
32
No
Page Mandarin
8'-10'
Spring
Winter / Spring
Yes
32
No
Pixie Mandarin
8'-10'
Spring
Winter / Spring
Yes
32
No
Kishu Mandarin
8'-10'
Spring
Winter / Spring
Yes
32
No
Lemons
Variety
Usual Ultimate Height When Planted in the ground*
Usual Bloom Season
Usual Fruit Season
Needs Heat to sweeten fruit
protect below these temps
best for indoor growing
Improved Meyer Lemon
6'-10'
Spring/Fall
Fall/Spring
No
32
Yes
Eureka Lemon
10'-15'
Spring / Fall
Fall / Spring
No
32
No
Lisbon Lemon
10' - 15'
Spring
Fall
No
32
No
Ponderosa Lemon
8'-12'
Spring
Fall
No
32
No
Variegated Pink Lemon
8'-12'
Spring
Fall
No
32
Yes
Mediterranean Lemons
Variety
Usual Ultimate Height When Planted in the ground*
Usual Bloom Season
Usual Fruit Season
Needs Heat to sweeten fruit
protect below these temps
best for indoor growing
Villafranca Lemon
8'-12'
Spring
Winter
No
32
No
Genoa Lemon (Genova)
8'-12'
Spring / Fall
Fall / Spring
No
32
No
Limonero Fino Lemon
8'-12'
Spring
Winter
No
32
No
Femminello Santa Teresa
8'-12'
Spring / Fall
Fall / Spring
No
32
No
Limes
Variety
Usual Ultimate Height When Planted in the ground*
Usual Bloom Season
Usual Fruit Season
Needs Heat to sweeten fruit
protect below these temps
best for indoor growing
Bearss Seedless Limes (Tahiti / Persian)
6'-10'
Spring
Fall
No
30
Yes
Kieffer / Thai / Makrut
6'-10'
Spring
Fall
No
32
Yes
Mexican Limes (Key)
6'-10'
Spring
Fall
No
32
Yes
Thornless Mexican Limes
6'-10'
Spring
Fall
No
32
Yes
Mexican Sweet Lime
8'-10'
Spring
Fall
No
30
Yes
Palestine Sweet Limes
8'-10'
Spring
Fall
No
30
Yes
Rangpur Lime
6'-10'
Spring
Fall
No
32
Yes
Limettas & Sweet Limes
Variety
Usual Ultimate Height When Planted in the ground*
Usual Bloom Season
Usual Fruit Season
Needs Heat to sweeten fruit
protect below these temps
best for indoor growing
Millsweet Acidless Limetta
8'-10'
Spring
Winter
No
32
No
Marrakech Limetta
8'-10'
Spring
Winter
No
32
No
Grapefruit
Variety
Usual Ultimate Height When Planted in the ground*
Usual Bloom Season
Usual Fruit Season
Needs Heat to sweeten fruit
protect below these temps
best for indoor growing
Oroblanco Grapefruit
8'-12'
Spring
Winter
No
32
Yes
Rio Red Grapefruit
8'-12'
Spring
Winter
Yes
28
No
Star Ruby Grapefruit
8'-12'
Spring
Winter
No
28
No
Chandler Pummelo
8'-12'
Spring
Winter
No
28
No
Cocktail Grapefruits
8'-12'
Spring
Winter
No
28
No
Chinese Grapefruit
8'-12'
Spring
Winter
No
28
No
Melogold Grapefruit
8'-12'
Spring
Winter
No
28
No
Kumquat
Variety
Usual Ultimate Height When Planted in the ground*
Usual Bloom Season
Usual Fruit Season
Needs Heat to sweeten fruit
protect below these temps
best for indoor growing
Nagami Kumquat
6'-10'
Summer
Winter
Yes
24
No
Meiwa Kumquat
4'-8'
Summer
Winter
Yes
28
No
Indio Mandarinquat
8'-10'
Summer
Winter
Yes
26
No
Centennial Variegated Kumquat
8'-10'
Summer
Winter
Yes
30
No
Nordmann Seedless Kumquat
4'-8'
Summer
Winter
Yes
28
No
Fukushu Kumquat
6'-10'
Summer
Winter
Yes
28
Yes
Marumi Kumquat
6'-10'
Summer
Winter
Yes
28
Yes
Eustis Limequat
4'-8'
Summer
Winter
No
32
No
Other Interesting Varieties
Variety
Usual Ultimate Height When Planted in the ground*
Usual Bloom Season
Usual Fruit Season
Needs Heat to sweeten fruit
protect below these temps
best for indoor growing
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
Minneola Tangelo
8'-12'
Spring
Spring
No
30
No
Calamondin
6'-10'
Frequent
Fall / Spring
No
32
Yes
Variegated Calamondin
6'-10'
Frequent
Fall / Spring
No
32
Yes
Buddha's Hand / Fingered Citron
6'-10'
Spring
Fall
No
32
Yes
Etrog Citron (Ethrog)
6'-10'
Spring
Fall
No
32
Yes
Australian Finger Lime
8'-10'
Summer
Winter / Spring
No
32
Yes
Yuzu
10'-12'
Spring
Fall
No
24
Yes
Poncirus Trifoliata (Flying Dragon)
10'-15'
Spring
Summer
No
24
No