Pearland is a great place to grow citrus in a raised mound of rich, sandy, organic soil."Submerging" the root ball in your clay would be a long term regret. Have you eaten Moro blood oranges, Hamlin o., N33 navel o., or Cara Cara o.? Each of these sure bring a smile to my taste buds. They can be protected w/o too much effort when you do get your occasional brief freezes. Both Lowe's and Houston Garden Centers stock red-labeled citrus furnished by Orange, TX-based Saxon Becnel & Sons nursery. These folks have been growing/selling citrus for decades in Louisiana and use Carrizo Citrange rootstock on their plants. You will likely find some of these varieties at those retailers. On the other hand, have you ever eaten Miho satsumas? They are impressive.........

Those varieties of oranges mentioned are good and another one is Republic of Texas. In my opinion for my area and your area the preferred root stock is Trifoliata. The Brazoria county Master Gardeners will be having a tree sale in February in Angleton which is not far from you and all of their citrus are grafted on Trifoliata root stock.

I would get a Naval orange. I just picked some of my satsuma/tangerine type..my just plain navel oranges are much sweeter.

Thank you for all the info. I may have eaten a blood orange variety, don't recall buying that fruit. Around this time of the yr H.E.B sells oranges called Texas Sweet Citrus. I think they are locally grown. They r so delicious. I will find out more about M.G's citrus sale in Angleton. Thanks again.

Urban Harvest is having its annual citrus tree sale on Jan 15th. They actually had a class on preparing for the tree sale which I missed by a day :( I saw their website on 9th and their last class was on the 8th. I looked up on some of the varities and I narrowed down to Republic of Texas and N33 - Navel. I'm just a lil bit concerned about the size Republic of Texas tree. My backyard is pretty small. Maybe about 15' from the house to the fence. I may have to do some math here before I make a selection.

I just wanted to thank you for helping me make a choice. I started with an Orange and then finally ended up getting Satsuma - Brown select variety. I was weighing between the Republic of Texas from the Orange variety versus the Satsuma. I choose the second one because I read its kid friendly,easier to peel, very sweet and seedless. Also, the pictures I saw they were so similar to the oranges we ate in India.
I also got the Red Silk Pomegranate. I was quite impressed by the way Urban Harvest went about organizing their sale. It was a huge turn out. Yes, there were long lines but I guess thats because of how popular they are.... They actually had a volunteer even tell the approximate time it will take to get to the checkout counter.

Is your Washington Naval Orange a self pollinating tree are do we need two?

ibheri: 7-1/2 years later, I'm curious how you fared with the Brown Select Satsuma. I found several at our local nursery -- it's between that and Moro Blood orange.