Clementine Mandarin Tree

LIFE CYCLE

• Perennial

LIGHT REQUIREMENT

• Full Sun

BLOOM SEASON

• Spring

GROWTH HABIT

• Compact
• Upright

PLANT HEIGHT

• 10-15 ft.

PLANT TYPE

• Color: Orange

COLOR

• Orange

MATURE SIZE

• 10-15 ft. x 6-10 ft.

If you've ever tucked a "Cutie" into a lunchbox, you've already met the Clementine. This beloved mandarin is prized for its easy-peeling skin, naturally seedless fruit, and irresistibly sweet flavor. Its small, deep orange fruits fit perfectly in little hands, while the juicy, fragrant segments make a healthy snack everyone loves. Grow your own and you get that same effortless snack, picked at the peak of sweetness instead of weeks-old from a mesh bag.

Plant your Clementine in the ground in warm regions, or grow in a container that travels with the seasons where it freezes. Clementine Mandarin will set fruit on its own, but it is considered partially self-pollinating. Cross-pollinating a Clementine with a compatible variety, Improved Meyer Lemon for example, can increase fruit set, but it can also cause the Clementines to develop seeds.

• • Loose rind slips off easily and segments separate cleanly
• • Natually compact and slow-growing, thrives in a pot on patio or balcony
• • Partially self-pollinating; fruitful alone, better in pairs

PLANTING SEASON

• Spring
• Summer
• Fall

PLANTING DEPTH

• Plant at the same depth as the container

WATER NEEDS

• Average

PLANT SPACING

• 8 to 12 feet

HARDINESS ZONES

• 8
• 9
• 10
• 11