Orange

Fragrant flowers, rinds, and fruits make oranges some of the most perfume-rich plants you can grow. There are hundreds of different cultivars. Look for a cultivar that fits your needs. For example, some are best for juice, eating fresh, or harvesting the rind. Also, choose a dwarf tree or shrub form for easy harvest and pruning.

Light:

Sun

Zones:

8-11

Plant Type:

Fruit, Tree, Shrub

Plant Height:

10-40 feet tall

Plant Width:

10-40 feet wide

Bloom Time:

Orange trees bear sweetly fragrant flowers in winter or spring.

Landscape Uses:

Beds & Borders

Special Features:

Flowers, Fragrant

Top Varieties

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'Cara Cara' navel orange

is an early ripening navel orange with pink-red flesh and a rich, sweet flavor. Zones 8-11
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'Chinotto' sour orange

produces small, sour fruit in clusters on a slow-growing ornamental shrub. Great choice for small landscapes. Zones 8-11
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'Dancy' mandarin orange

is also known as a tangerine. The sweet and flavorful fruit is smaller and seedier than other mandarins and it bears heavily every other year. Zones 8-11
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'Lane Late' navel orange

bears seedless fruit with a rich flavor. A good keeper, it stays sweet and juicy from March to October. Zones 8-11
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'Moro' blood orange

is a very productive cultivar with a distinctive berry-like flavor. Its skin is purple-red. Zones 8-11
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'Oroval' clementine orange

produces fruit early in the season, but other clementine varieties surpass it in flavor and fruit quality. Zones 8-11
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'Sanguinelli' blood orange

bears tart, spicy-flavored fruit with few seeds. The deep-red juice and blushed rind make it a favorite. It thrives in heat. Zones 8-11
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'Satsuma' orange

bears easy-to-peel fruit with very few seeds and an intense sweet flavor. The juicy fruit are produced on semi-dwarf, hardy trees. Zones 8-11
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'Shasta Gold' mandarin orange

bears fruit with a deep orange rind and rich flavor. The nearly seedless fruit are notably large. Zones 8-11
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'Tahoe Gold' mandarin orange

is a recent introduction that produces large fruit with a rich flavor. Breeding advancements make this one of the easiest citrus plants to grow. Zones 8-11
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'Tarocco' blood orange

produces larger and sweeter fruit than its cousin, 'Moro'. It has few seeds and brilliant purple-red skin. Zones 8-11
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'Valencia' orange

is the most widely planted cultivar in the world. Its medium fruit are seedless with a thick peel and boast excellent flesh and juicy qualities. Zones 8-11
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'Variegated Calamondin' orange

has green and white mottled foliage and orange on a dwarf plant. The fragrant blossoms are a treat. The miniature orange-like fruits have a strong flavor. Zones 9-11
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'Washington' navel orange

produces large, oblong fruit. This cultivar is considered to be the parent of most other navel orange cultivars. Zones 8-11
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'W. Murcott' mandarin orange

produces seedy fruit with tender and very juicy flesh. It is also known as 'Honey' in Florida. Zones 8-11
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