Oro Blanco Grapefruit is a white seedless variety of the evergreen fruiting shrub with large fruits that ripens in in spring. The huge fragrant winter flowers give way to large fruit that ripen to yellow with supple yellow to white flesh that has a delicate sweet taste without the traditional grapefruit bitterness. Grows best in full sun and moist well-drained acidic soils. Oro Blanco is self-fruiting.
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Height: |
10' - 15' (6 - 8' pot bound) |
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Spread: |
8’ - 10' (2 - 4') |
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Spacing: |
8' |
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USDA Hardiness Zone: |
8 - 10 |
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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: Ivar Leidus, Oroblanco (sweetie) fruits, CC BY-SA 4.0, (2) Good Humus Produce, The inside of an Oro Blanco grapefruit tree is magic, (3) Culver City Farmers Market, untitled
*As plants have ranges in appearance they may not appear as the images shown.
