MidKnight Valencia Orange is a fruit-producing evergreen shrub that is upright with a rounded crown and high quality fruit. The sweetly fragrant white flowers bloom in early spring and are followed by the seedless fruits that ripen in summer. The fruits themselves are large, highly juicy, and very sweet with a light tang. Grows best in full sun and deep, evenly moist, sandy to loamy well-drained acidic soils. Cannot tolerate frost. Midknight is thornless.
The Dwarf Rootstalk selections will be sold in GA ONLY.
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Type: |
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Height: |
8' - 12' (Dwarf Rootstalk 2 -3') |
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Spread: |
8’ - 10' |
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Spacing: |
15' |
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USDA Hardiness Zone: |
9 - 11 |
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Culture: |
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Bloom Color: |
White |
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MAINTENANCE NEEDS: Medium Maintenance. Susceptible to a number of diseases and pests; potential diseases include greasy spot, stem-end rot, sweet orange scab, citrus canker, and citrus greening disease. Pests to watch for are citrus rust mite, citrus snow scale, purple scale, Florida red scale, mealybugs, whiteflies, aphids, and fruit flies.
LANDSCAPE USES: Accents or Group Plantings, Borders, Naturalized Areas, Wildlife Garden, Foundation Plantings, Hedges, and Containers.
COMPANION PLANTS: Lavender, Oregano, Alyssum
IMAGES: Image by Georgia Grown Citrus, (2) TomStonehunter, MidKnight Orange, origin South Africa, CC BY-SA 4.0, (3) James Steakley, Citrus sinensis 'MidKnight' - Valencia orange, CC BY-SA 3.0
*As plants have ranges in appearance they may not appear as the images shown.
