Mandarin orange seed

LATIN NAME: Citrus reticulata

COMMON NAME: Mandarin

The mandarin holds its small, oval, glossy, dark-green leaves and the round, orange, fragrant fruits, and the small, white, fragrant flowers open among the leaves. The small, rounded, evergreen tree carries the small, oval, glossy, dark-green leaves with the narrow, winged stalks and the small, white, five-petalled, very fragrant flowers through the spring, one of the fine, bright sights of the warm garden, drawing the bees, to be followed by the small, round, slightly flattened, bright-orange, fragrant, easy-peeling fruits with the sweet, juicy flesh. The fruits have a very long record as the fine, sweet, easy-peeling fruits of the warm tables, and the tree is a fine, historic presence of the warm garden. It is a tree of the open, sunny, deep, rich, moist, well-drained ground.

Scientific Research & Plant Biotechnology

The mandarin is a historic subject of the plant science, and the easy-peeling fruits keep showing up in the work on the small citrus. The way the small, round, slightly flattened, bright-orange, fragrant fruits form from the small, white, five-petalled flowers has been examined closely, and it keeps appearing in the studies of the small citrus, the easy-peeling fruits and the members of the rue family. The glossy leaves and the rounded habit have also made it a fine study tree, and the mandarin is a regular subject of the work on the easy-peeling fruits of the warm world.

Ecological & Economic Value & Wide Applications

The mandarin is a fine, bright tree of the warm garden and the study collection. The small, round, slightly flattened, bright-orange, fragrant, easy-peeling fruits have a very long record as the fine, sweet, easy-peeling fruits of the warm tables, the juicy segments coming to the fruit bowls, the desserts and the cool drinks of the old kitchens, while the small, white, five-petalled, very fragrant flowers open through the spring, drawing the bees. It is one of the fine choices for the warm garden, the pot and the study collection, and it has been written up in the culinary and the agricultural papers for the easy-peeling fruits and the very long history. It is a fine, bright tree of the open, sunny, deep, rich, moist, well-drained garden.

Give the young trees the warmth and the deep, rich, moist bed, and the fragrant fruits will come in the years to come.

To grow the mandarin from seed, sow the small, pale seeds just under the surface of the tray of rich, sandy soil, keep the tray in a warm, bright spot and water gently, then pot the young trees on as they fill the pot. The seedlings appear within a few weeks and grow on steadily. With the sun, the warmth and the deep, rich, moist, well-drained ground, the fragrant fruits will come in the years to come.

Mandarin orange

Citrus reticulata

NAME: Tangerine

OTHER COMMON NAMES: Mandarin Orange

SCIENTIFIC NAME: Citrus reticulata

COLOR: White flowers, Orange fruit, and Evergreen leaves

PLANT SEEDS: Outdoors after frost / Indoors weeks before last frost

BLOOM TIME: Spring

HARDINESS ZONE: 8 – 11

PLANT HEIGHT: 10 – 12 Feet

PLANT SPACING: 12 – 15 Feet

LIGHT REQUIREMENTS: Sun

SOIL & WATER PREFERENCES: Average
OTHER: Tangerines are very sweet & juicy, as well as deliciously fragrant. The trees/bushes grow to a nice size which makes the fruit easy to pick. They attract bees, butterflies, and birds.