2-3ft Seville Orange Tree | Citrus x Aurantium 'Bigaradier' | Grafted Mini-Stem | 5L Pot
2-3ft Seville Orange Tree | Citrus × Aurantium 'Bigaradier' | Grafted Mini-Stem | 5L Pot
An equally strong-growing hardy orange variety which produces a compact, round-shaped tree that will bear large fruits of delicious flavour! Stunning plants with glossy, dark green foliage, strongly scented white flowers, producing fruit within 18 months.
- Arrives as: 5l Pot
- Approx. Height on Arrival: 70-90cm (2-3 ft) overall height inc. pot
- Approx. Age on Arrival: Tree is approx. 3 years old with a 1 year old rootstock
- Approx. Growth Height: 1-1.5mts
- Rootstock: Semi-dwarfing
- Rate of Growth: Fast
- Harvesting Period: May-Sept
- Flower Colour: White
- Foliage Colour: Green
- Flowering Period: April-September
- Tolerance: Full sun, avoid frost
- Uses: Culinary
- Hardiness: Semi Hardy
- Exposure:Sheltered
- Self-fertilising: Self fertile
- Scented: Barely
- Wildlife friendly - attracts bees and other pollinating insects
Fruit trees are generally budded or grafted onto a rootstock by the nursery, this means the roots of the tree are a different plant to the trunk, branches and fruit. Effectively sticking two plants together, one that has good roots and one that has good fruit, ensures that you get what you pay for. Plants raised from seed will vary from the parent plants and there will be a wide variation in the size or shape of a tree and the quality and quantity of fruit it produces.
Another result of budding and grafting a variety onto selected rootstocks is the ability to control the size of the tree to a certain degree. However, the size that a fruit tree ultimately grows to is dependent on a number of factors:
- The fruit variety ( i.e. Apple Braeburn)
- How it’s pruned
- Soil type
- Position
- Its rootstock
Where you grow your fruit tree and the soil it is growing in also impacts on its ability to grow and thus eventual size. Most fruit trees need a good amount of sunshine to grow well and for the fruit to ripen with high sugar content. Trees growing in cold, open spots will grow slower than those that are protected and warm. The same is true for the soil, with trees growing in light sandy soils generally growing more slowly and not reaching such a large size as those in rich fertile soils which will be more vigorous and taller growing.
- Pollination: pollination group 5, self-fertilising
Each fruiting tree has ideal pollination partners. These are divided into groups and are numbered 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6, according to flowering time. Best results will be obtained if variety is planted near another tree of the same group, or from a group on either side (so an ideal pollination partner for group 3 would be one in group 2, 3 or 4). The major cause of poor pollination is bad weather in blossom time, limiting the activity of insects.
We have developed an eco friendly polypot that is currently in use across our 9 litre range. This polypot has less than 20% of the plastic used by a regular pot, and is importantly recyclable. Polypots also prevent root spiraling, encouraging a healthier root system.
All trees arrive in an extra thick cardboard box with a clamp to hold their pot in place. This prevents them from moving around on their journey.
Nursery staff will wrap the roots of our bare root trees and use compost to keep them moist during transportation. This extra protection prevents them from drying out, allowing for a flying start. We also use the same specialised box that our potted trees have to keep them nice and secure as they make their way to your home.
Please note: where your plant is supplied with a pot, your plant's 'Height on Arrival' includes the pot
Advice on hot and droopy plants
If your plants are looking a little wilted right now, don’t worry! Plants like to be filled with water to keep their structure, and when it’s hot that water evaporates.
Just give them an off-schedule watering and they’ll be right as rain in no time! Be careful not to flood them - plants don’t like extremes.
- Soil Requirements: Almost all normal garden soil with pH 6.5 - 7.5
- Moisture: Moist/ well-drained
- Planting Distance: 5m
Before planting your tree, clean up all wandering weeds and keep a clean ring around the tree base. Dig a hole approximately a third wider than the root ball. Carefully yet firmly backfill the remaining soil around the root ball and water well during the first year until well established.
Autumn is the best season for planting fruiting trees, as the soil moisture and heat allow easier and faster root establishment and regeneration of damaged root systems.
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| Colour Test | Sand |
|---|---|
| Harvesting Period | Mid Season Fruit Trees |
| Is Collection/Mix? | No |
| Needs Ericaceous Compost? | No |
| Self Fertile | Yes |
| Species | Citrus Plants, Fruit Trees |
| Time To Crop | 2 Years |
| Type | Orange |
| Uses | Dessert |
| Colour | Sand |
| Annual Rate Of Growth | Fast Growing |
| Rootstock | Extreme Dwarfing Rootstock Fruit Trees |
| Supplied As | Potted |
| Rootstock | Semi Dwarfing |
| Supplied As | 4L-5L Pot |
| Type | Fruit Trees |
| Shop By Category | Fruit Trees |