Orange

Orange

Citrus sinensis

Plant out around your last spring frost. Space plants 144 in (366 cm) apart.

Photo: Zeynel Cebeci, CC BY-SA 3.0 · source

When to plant

Timed from your frost dates, so it holds wherever you garden. Give yours and every step below becomes a date.

See the dates for your garden

Enter your average last spring frost and first fall frost. Every timing on this site turns into a calendar date. Not sure of yours? Your local extension service or a search for “last frost date” and your town will tell you; the app finds them from your location.

Last spring frost
First fall frost

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Container Tree Transplant

TreeRecommended
  1. Plant outaround your last spring frost
  2. First harvestthe first crop about 3 years after planting

Growing orange

Spacing in the row
144 in (366 cm)
Between rows
216 in (549 cm)
Planting depth
Same depth as in the container (hole as deep as the root ball), root flare at or just above the soil line
Sun
Full Sun
Years to first crop
3
Mature height
15-25 ft
Hardy to
USDA zone 9
Life cycle
Perennial

Feeding

How often
Every 8-12 weeks during active growth. Mature trees take 2-3 feeds of a citrus fertilizer a year, from just before bloom into early summer; young trees take more, smaller feeds. Avoid late-season feeding, which delays colour and roughens the rind.

Your orange, planned to the day.

Canopy turns these timings into dates from your own frost data, places every plant at its spacing on your garden map, and tracks it all the way to harvest.

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