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Which is your favorite citrus tree?

8 years ago

Many of us here have a large collection of different citrus trees. I thought it would be interesting & fun to share which is your favorite citrus tree out of all of them, and why. Maybe post a pic of it, if you have one?

Of all my citrus trees (including lemon. lime, satsuma, quats) I think this little Calamondin is my favorite. Why? I use the fruit from it the most, it's always a good producer, it tastes better from my other calamondins I have (around a dozen), and the tree is pretty resilient. Although not my prettiest tree, the fruit stands out over my others. I'm going to take cuttings from it this spring.

So that's my favorite, but I have to say that my MardarinQuat is right on its heels! So which is your stand out tree?



Comments (17)

  • 8 years ago

    Any citrus.

  • 8 years ago

    I love that tree Dave. I need to think about it...tough to decide...

    calamondindave thanked Laura LaRosa (7b)
  • 8 years ago

    I only have a few kinds, but I plan to grow in ground kumquat, orange and blood orange. From the kinds I have, I would say the ruby red grapefruit. They are almost all ripe right now! They taste amazing when juiced.

    calamondindave thanked basilcook3
  • 8 years ago

    My best looking and most abused tree is my seed grown sweetlee tangerine tree. My seed grown in ground m Fukushu kumquat is the best fullest looking of my for-fruit trees but has not fruited yet. My grafted Meiwa and grafted New Zealand lemonade have both produce good tasty fruit. My favorite tree is the one that is doing the best with the least amount of attention. That can change from month to month.

    Steve

    calamondindave thanked poncirusguy6b452xx
  • 8 years ago

    I would have to say either my Cara Cara or my Meyers Lemon as they are the two that are the least cold hardy and need the most care, so get the most attention. By contrast my mature Satsumas that are 12-15 ft tall and 15-20 ft wide are more cold hardy and rarely need any attention.

    calamondindave thanked Ike Stewart
  • 8 years ago

    Probably for me it would be Alexander, my oldest Meyer. I also really like my calamondin bushes bc they look so pretty and produce so much fruit.

    calamondindave thanked Laura LaRosa (7b)
  • 8 years ago

    This is a tough question...it’s like asking me to pick a favorite child ;). I have to say that for scented flowers, nothing beats a pomelo. The Tahitian pomelo I just got is blooming and OMG...heaven!

    calamondindave thanked Laura LaRosa (7b)
  • 8 years ago

    I'm definitely excited to hear about the first Tahitian pomelo that is harvested, they sound really unique and delicious. I'm afraid I don't have enough heat to properly ripen them (same thing for grapefruit or I'd definitely be trying a pomelo or a grapefruit).

    For me my favorite has to be my Yuzu - other than watering and feeding it and putting a frost bag over it with some lights in the winter, it's basically completely autonomous and requires no extra care. I made Yuzu-cha last night (hot tea with yuzu and honey) using leftover Yuzu syrup, some lime juice, and hot white tea and it was delicious!

    I'm growing pretty fond of my lakeland limequat too - it seems tough and it is basically always in bloom. Once it's old / mature enough to set fruit I feel like I'm going to have a lot of limequats on my hands.

    calamondindave thanked PacNorWreck
  • 8 years ago
    last modified: 8 years ago

    My tree's are more or less handpicked so i like them all the same. Variety is the spice ........! but I don't have a large variety, so it is easy.

    calamondindave thanked Monyet
  • 8 years ago

    My favorite tree is my Buddhas Hand. I love its weird little fruits and the smell of the fruit is AMAZING. After that I have no idea, I have too many and so many of them are so similar in shape and flowers.

    calamondindave thanked Sammers510
  • 8 years ago

    My favorites are my limes as they produce the most fruit and seem most robust. Assuming they are Persian limes.

    calamondindave thanked User
  • 8 years ago

    Each of mine has it's special aspect, so I can't pick. I do kind of agree that it tends towards whoever looks good without much effort :)

    calamondindave thanked hibiscus909
  • 8 years ago

    This is an extremely difficult question to answer. I like all of my trees but I might have to say that my Rio Red Grapefruit is probably my favorite. It gives me sweet juicy fruit consistently every season. And so much fruit that I can’t eat it all and have to give a lot of it away. I also really like my little Moro Blood Orange that I planted almost a year ago.

    Rio Red grapefruit

    moro blood orange


    Evan

    calamondindave thanked evdesert 9B Indio, CA
  • 8 years ago
    last modified: 8 years ago

    I currently have two favorites:

    I had my first real mikan harvest this year in October, and got about 50 or so beautiful fruit off it.

    For juice, I have always liked my Shikwasa tree. It reminds me of something like high end lime juice. Consistent producer every year, all the more amazing since it’s a sub tropical, and I never see it locally grown.

    These are both in ground, my garden maybe 8B/9A.


    calamondindave thanked theniceguy
  • 8 years ago

    Wow, beautiful tree's everyone!

  • 8 years ago

    My favorite citrus tree will be the one that survives this Global warming arctic blast. LOL

    calamondindave thanked poncirusguy6b452xx