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Dancy Tangerine is akin to the great grandparent of all contemporary tangelos and mandarins. Dancy Tangerine is a citrus tree with longevity in its roots, originally cultivated in 1843 Florida, before air conditioning, bug spray, and sunscreen. This plant’s preference for the Florida climate is why we can still readily enjoy bounties of delicious sweet, tangy, and juicy fruit. The Dancy Tangerine variety is a semi-dwarf citrus tree, that can reach up to 15 feet at full maturity. It has heavily fragrant blooms, and fruits right around the December holiday season. In fact, Dancy Tangerines were traditionally gifted as a token of abundant health for Christmas, and the Chinese New Year. Continue the legacy of the Dancy Tangerine, and enjoy golden holiday seasons for years to come.

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Blood Oranges are as intimidating as your elderly neighbor’s tea cup poodle. This citrus is named for its fruit with crimson-colored flesh, which is delicious, not malicious. For what it’s worth, people who do not typically like the acidity of citrus fruit might actually enjoy eating blood oranges, which have 10 percent less acid content than other citrus fruits. For gardeners who would rather not explain this phenomenon to non-gardeners, we welcome you to the dark side with open arms. Blood Orange trees will bloom in the early spring, and like most citrus, depend on excellent establishment and care within the first year to produce fruit. The most ideal spot to plant a Blood Orange tree is in a sunny, dry spot reminiscent of its Southern Mediterranean origin. 

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This citrus is not recommended for the faint of heart. Excalibur Red Rangpur is the Florida Man of citrus trees—You will find it endlessly interesting, without fully understanding why. It’s an ever-bearing hybrid plant of a rangpur lime and a kumquat. The truly freaky fruit of Excalibur Red Rangpur tastes more like a lime than a kumquat. Keeping this in mind, it may be picked and enjoyed while the skin is still green, or later, when it ripens into a deep red-orange. If you can live with expecting the unexpected, give Excalibur Red Rangpur a try. 

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Honeybell Oranges, aka Minneola Tangelos, are one of our ultimate favorite citrus fruits to grow. Honeybell is a hybrid of the sweet Darcy Tangerine and tart and juicy Duncan Grapefruit.  They have pretty loose skin and are easy to peel, especially compared to most orange varieties. As gardeners, we know and respect the idea that patience is a virtue. But when the fruits of our Honeybell Orange trees are in season, there’s no holding back. We swear Honeybell Oranges taste better when you rip, cut, or bite a quarter-size slice off the top, and squeeze every last drop of juice right into your mouth. Get straight to the good stuff — Juicers and glassware, be damned — that sweet, perfectly tangy, orange juice can’t be bottled up.

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We can all agree that everyone, especially kids, should learn where there food is coming from, and inviting them to pick fruit fresh from the tree that they can immediately enjoy makes teaching kids about gardening easy breezy. While they might not be interested in the work of planting, watering, and tending to a tree like the Tango Mandarin, it is relatively easy-going as a moderately-sized citrus tree. They will undoubtedly adore its tiny orange fruits, that are perfect for on-the-go snacking and sharing. With little work, it will produce an abundance of fruit from winter through spring. Who wouldn’t benefit from bite-sized life lessons like that?

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We know why you’re here, and we approve: Yes, these limes make the best Mojitos. Persian Lime, aka seedless lime, Bearss lime and Tahiti lime, is a citrus hybrid cross between the smaller Key Lime and Lemon. Lime trees thrive in climates that feel like perpetual summers, and bear the most fruit between July and September. The green-yellow fruit can be picked once it reaches your desired size— True party animals never sleep, so flexible timing on harvesting fruit is essential. Naturally, lime trees do best while soaking up the Florida sun. Like most citrus trees, the first year of care for the Persian Lime is crucial for its long-term health and productivity. Consider sculpting your Persian Lime tree into the extroverted party animal you need it to be: Over the winter, prune inward-turning branches with a pruning saw or pruning shears.

Size: 2-3 ft

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The Honey Murcott is the Elvis of citrus trees: Both were golden-hearted sensations in the United States, indicative of a cultural shift, and colloquially referred to as “The King.” While the only signs of Elvis these days are professional impersonators, these Honey Murcott trees are the real deal.  Suffice it to say, you won’t be able to help falling in love with the Honey Murcott. The trees grow vigorously, with a unique, upright growth that swings low as it produces fruit. Clusters of 2 to 3-inch Honey Murcott fruits grow in the early winter months, progressively dipping towards the ground as they ripen for a late winter harvest. 

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Nagami Kumquats are easygoing, shrubby fruit trees, with a malleable approach to growth. They make awesome subjects for espalier, which is sort of like the fruiting tree gardener’s version of crop circles. Kumquats aren’t too fussy about care. They tolerate a range of soils with a simple preference for good drainage. Nagami Kumquat produces a bounty of orange, oval-shaped fruit with a sweet flavor and pulpy texture. Experts say the fruits of Nagami Kumquats are best eaten right off the tree. How could we disagree with that logic?

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More resistant to greening! Sugar Belle is the orange that saved the Florida citrus industry. This University of Florida mandarin hybrid is particularly resistant to disease. This tree is the poster child for vitality, with notoriously quick growth and a fairly early harvest that will begin in Mid-November. The deep-red-orange, medium-sized fruits of Sugar Belle orange trees have an intense sweetness, balanced with just the right amount of citrusy tartness. Sugar Belle oranges pack the vitamin C punch we all need at the start of cold & flu seasons, with reports of considerably higher levels of it compared to other citrus fruit.

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The Calamondin (Citrus × Citrofortunella microcarpa) inspires hope for resourceful citrus fanatics—This is the most commonly potted citrus variety. While it would be impressive fun to introduce guests to the 20-foot-tall citrus tree as they enter your home, maintaining a Calamondin tree is more easily attainable. These citrus trees are just right for the emboldened apartment dweller. This mandarin-kumquat hybrid plant is a surefire conversation starter, with fragrant leaves and slow-growing fruits that can take up a year to ripen.

Boasting a possible cold hardiness to 20 degrees Farenheit, calamondin orange plants make wonderful patio plants. Calamondin orange trees are at their best in full sun, high humidity, and well-drained soil. Potted plants can be brought indoors for protection from the cold.

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Key limes (Citrus x aurantiifolia, West Indian lime, Mexican lime, bartender’s lime) are as true as true can be to the best qualities of limes. These lime hybrid trees are naturalized to areas of the West Indies, but are related to original Asian varieties of limes. In Florida, these are the central ingredient to Key lime pie filling, which came about in an old-timey effort to make condensed milk palatable. Turns out, pies do grow on trees.

Key lime trees embrace the harsh realities of tropical climates, thriving in acidic, rocky soils with low requirements for irrigation and fertilization.  As limes are wont to do, key lime grows more shrublike than treelike, with thorny stems for a natural defense mechanism. Generally, care for key lime trees means very little coddling, except for cold protection. Key lime plants flower by late winter to spring, and produce fruit shortly afterwards.

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Embrace life’s happy accidents by growing a Variegated Pink Lemon Tree (Citrus x limon). Occasionally sold as the pink lemonade tree, this variety is a natural mutation of the tried-and-true Eureka lemon.

It's a great ornamental addition to the garden, with variegated green and white leaves, with fruits that are initially green-striped when they first appear in the late winter. Of course, the main event is the tart, rosy fruit of the pink lemon that makes it the Elle Woods of the Citrus genus. At peak ripeness, the pink lemon perfectly bundles up that sugar-spice-and-everything-nice feeling. Use the pink lemons for a naturally blushing twist on your favorite recipes for lemonade, lemon bar, and lemon cake.

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Seize the opportunity for a new shot at luck when you grow Ponkan Mandarin (Citrus poonensis), also called cool tangerine, Batangas mandarin, Nagpur suntara, Swatow orange,  and Chinese Honey orange. Ponkan Mandarin quite literally takes the gold for fruit symbolism in Chinese culture, representing wealth, good fortune, and gold. In particular, mandarin fruit and plants are exchanged as gifts for the Chinese New Year.  However, anyone in pursuit of a little good fortune can grow Ponkan Mandarin for an auspicious start to Citrus gardening.

The Ponkan mandarin plant loves tropical climate conditions, which are said to be the key to encouraging its largest fruit yet. Its upright growth is easy to distinguish amid any citrus orchard. The Ponkan mandarin fruit is round, with a medium-thick rind that’s easy to peel, and has few seeds. Time is of the essence once the fruits of Ponkan Mandarin trees first ripen to a full orange color. Harvest fruits for a titillating flavor, like a tart sweetness that verges on sour candy.

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About two days a year, Floridians experience a breeze with an ineffable chill—some people call this “winter.” Satsuma mandarin (Citrus unshiu) is a tree with a remarkable cold tolerance among citrus species. It is grown in cooler subtropical regions of Japan, Spain, Central China, Korea, Turkey, Russia, and South America. In slightly warmer conditions, Satsuma trees produce fruit that ripens a bit earlier, making them favorable for eager growers.

When your satsuma mandarin tree fruits, the flavor and color could vary based on your location. In humid subtropical areas of Florida, fruit could mature internally before the usual outer coloring of maturation appears, hence the name Emerald Green satsuma tangerines where these fruits are commercially sold. It’s important to be gentle when harvesting the fruits, as the rinds are prone to tearing if handled without caution.

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Red navel oranges are the best orange for people who don’t usually enjoy citrus. That’s because of everything that sets the fruit apart as a cultivar: Naturally red flesh that is seedless, with a low acidic sweetness. Plus, of all Citrus varieties, it packs the most Vitamin C. What’s not to love? This novel navel variety has one of the largest statuses as a cult fruit, if there is such a thing, beloved by chefs as the key to flavorful sauces and vinaigrettes. 

The Red Navel tree is more closely related to other navel varieties than the similar-looking blood orange. Call it splitting hairs, but there is one significant difference in the chemical makeup of the fruits. In blood oranges, the red pigment comes from anthocyanin, but red navel oranges get their coloration from carotenoids like lycopene. 

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Kaffir lime is essential to the ever-expanding palette of foodies everywhere. This citrus tree is characteristic of other lime varieties with its thorny, shrubby growth that can reach up to 25 feet when mature. As a native to Southeast Asia, Kaffir lime makes an awesome patio plant for Floridians living outside of Zone 10 or below. When taken indoors, Kaffir Lime benefits from the use of a mister to mimic its humid natural habitat.

Unlike more conventional culinary uses for limes, Kaffir lime leaves are used more often than the fruit in cooking. The two-parted evergreen leaves are shredded to add flavors to Southeast Asian food dishes, giving them a uniquely aromatic twist. Think anywhere from soups, to spicy stir-fry, hot curries, salads, and meat marinades. The fruits are bumpy, and about the size of golf balls. The pulp and juice can be used for additional flavoring, but it is less common than using the leaves.

Here is a list of all other popular names for Kaffir Lime and their countries of origin:

• Burma: shauk-nu, shauk-waing
• Cambodia: krauch soeuch
• China: ning meng ye (Mandarin), fatt-fung-kam (Cantonese), Thài-kok-kam (Hokkien/Min Nan)
• Indonesia: jeruk purut, jeruk limo, jeruk sambal
• Laos: makgeehoot
• Malaysia: limau purut
• Philippines: Kubot
• Reunion Island: combava
• Sri Lanka: kahpiri dehi, odu dehi, kudala-dehi
• Thailand: makrut, som makrud