Midsweet Orange is a compact fruit-producing evergreen shrub that has an attractive spring bloom and produces a good yield of mid-sized fruits mid-season. The fruits themselves are tender and highly juicy with a rich balanced sweet-tart flavor. Grows best in full sun and deep, evenly moist, sandy to loamy well-drained acidic soils. Cannot tolerate frost. Midsweet is resistant to dropping ripe fruit and self-pollinating.
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Height: |
12' - 15' |
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Spread: |
12’ - 15' |
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Spacing: |
15' |
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USDA Hardiness Zone: |
9 - 11 |
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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
*As plants have ranges in appearance they may not appear as the images shown.
