Some Of The Best Citrus Tree Varieties To Grow In Southeastern NC
While almost any citrus can be grown here in containers and then brought in the house, a greenhouse or garage for the little bit of winter we get here in Coastal North Carolina.. there are a number of citrus that are worth growing here in the ground that will require only minimal winter protection.
Owari Satsuma
- Medium sized sweet, easy peel, seedless satsuma.
- Cold hardy enough to grow in-ground here with some winter protection.
- Heavy bearing, early ripening.
Brown Select Satsuma
- Sweet, easy peel, medium sized satsuma.
- Cold hardy enough to grow in-ground here with some winter protection.
- Heavy bearing and slightly earlier than Owari.
Kishu Mandarin
- Very sweet, easy peel, snack sized mandarin.
- Cold hardy enough to grow in-ground here with some winter protection.
- Naturally dwarfing will grow to 8-12 feet tall in-ground or smaller in a pot.
Shiranui Mandarin
- Sweet, easy peel, large sized mandarin.
- Cold hardy enough to grow in-ground here with some winter protection.
- Fruit sells for $3-4 per fruit in the grocery store.
Ruby Red Grapefruit
- Large grapefruit that bears heavy.
- Cold hardy enough to grow in-ground here with some winter protection.
- Absolutely beautiful grocery store quality grapefruit.
Croxton Grapefruit
- Large sweeter tasting grapefruit, great grapefruit flavor without the bitterness.
- Cold hardy enough to grow in-ground here with some winter protection.
- Heavy bearing.
Meyer Lemon
- Great tasting cold hardy lemon.
- Cross between a lemon and a mandarin which makes it a sweeter lemon.
- Cold hardy enough to grow in-ground here with some additional winter protection.
- A staple grocery store quality lemon.
Fukushu Kumquat
- One of the larger kumquats that you eat the entire fruit peel and all.
- The peel tastes sweet and the interior flesh is tart, its like a sour patch kid.
- Kumquats are slower growing so stay smaller longer and do well in ground or in pots.
New Zealand Lemonade
- Low acid levels in this Lemon make it taste sweet enough to peel and eat fresh.
- Tastes like fresh lemonade and will be a conversation piece.
- Not cold hardy enough to grow in ground, must be grown in containers and brought in when its under 35.
- This is a Lemon x Mandarin cross that tastes and smells amazing.