Citrus Trees

Love the aroma of orange blossoms and the delicious fruit, but your climate is less than desirable for an outdoor orange grove? Don't despair; the solution just may be growing orange trees in containers. Can you grow oranges in a pot? Read here to find out.

By Amy Grant

There are a variety of potential causes for small fruit on orange trees. Click here for an overview of causes of trees with small orange problems.

By Teo Spengler

What are papedas? They are the ancestors of many of our common citrus fruits. While edible, they are bitter and nearly unpalatable. However, some types of papeda make excellent rootstocks for modern citrus trees. Learn more about these citrus grandparents here.

By Bonnie L. Grant

Lemon trees produce marvelous fruit that is equally at home in sweet and savory recipes. But what happens if your lemons have gone soft? Lemons may get soft before they are ripe – be it soft lemons on a tree or soft lemon fruit that occurs during storage. Learn why here.

By Amy Grant

Fans of the quirky and unusual will love the Eureka pink lemon tree. These plants are beautiful and unique versions of the standard lemon tree. This little oddity produces flesh with a fascinating characteristic. Click here for tips on how to grow variegated pink lemon.

By Bonnie L. Grant

Can you eat citrus leaves? Technically, you can, although some do not like the bitter taste they may have. As long as the leaves haven’t been treated with any chemicals though, they are harmless. Click here to learn about edible ways in which orange and lemon leaves are used.

By Mary H. Dyer

A French potager is just a fancy way of saying kitchen garden. Try planting French herbs and vegetables, and in no time you'll be saying bon appétit as you serve your family.

By Bonnie L. Grant

If you grow citrus fruits in the home landscape, you may be familiar with citrus scab symptoms. If not, you may ask, what is citrus scab? This fungal disease results in warty scabs on the rind and, while still edible, it does reduce marketability. Learn more here.

By Becca Badgett

Growing oranges and other citrus can be a fun hobby for the home gardener, but it can also become derailed by disease. Know some of the main orange disease symptoms so you can catch and manage problems early and still get a great harvest of fruit. This article will help.

By Mary Ellen Ellis

If you have ever enjoyed a cup of Earl Grey tea, you know the aroma and flavor of the bergamot orange fruit. Read on for more.

By Mary Ellen Ellis

Trovita dwarf orange is an orange tree that can be grown across a wide range of conditions, including indoors. Read on for more.

By Tonya Barnett

Sweet, delicious, and easy to peel, navel orange is easy to spot because of the partially formed, belly-button-shaped orange that grows at the bottom end of the fruit.

By Mary H. Dyer

Gardeners often assume that pruning citrus trees is much the same as pruning regular fruit trees, but it’s actually very different for a variety of reasons. Let’s explore the basics of citrus tree pruning in this article. Click here for additional information.

By Mary H. Dyer

If you have a citrus tree trunk forming blisters that ooze a gummy substance, you might just have a case of citrus Rio Grande gummosis. What’s Rio Grande gummosis? The following article contains info that includes symptoms and management tips to help.

By Amy Grant

Citrus exocortis is a disease that impacts some citrus trees, particularly those of a specific rootstock known as trifoliate. If you don?t have that rootstock, your trees are most likely safe but there is still a possibility they can be infected. This article has more information.

By Mary Ellen Ellis