With careful variety selection mandarin fruit trees can bear from early April through to Late October. Our nursery is involved in the rapid multiplication of varieties that have been brought into Australia from some of the best citrus growing regions of the world.
Sunburst trees are moderately vigorous, thornless, upright and spreading. Cold hardy. Produce high quality, attractive fruit of the mandarin or tangerine type with good flavour. Reddish-orange rind at maturity. Segments easily separated. Juicy fruit with dark orange flesh colour.
Seedless, good flavour, low acid and high TSS. Satsumas are cold hardy and form a compact growing tree. They are the earliest mandarins in the marketplace. .
Bright reddish-orange peel, rich flavor, tender and juicy. Some seeds, heavy bearer. Where protected from cold, fruit flavor is unsurpassed.
Late maturing Californian variety, seedless good flavour. Upright growth and vigorous.
Recently introduced variety from Californian that is showing promise over a large range of climatic regions. Large fruit size, well coloured fruit and relatively seedless.
175mm | $19.75 AU | In Production | 
A proven early variety that is still very popular today. Excellent colour and flavour; the skin is smooth, glossy, thin and easy to peel. Older trees may develop a biennial bearing habit.
175mm | $19.75 AU | In Production |
Most popular Clementine mandarin grown, early, good size and vigorous tree. Seedless when grown by itself.
175mm | $19.75 AU | In Production |
The fruit has a pale orange skin that is inclined to be puffy. Excellent flavour however the fruit can be prone to drying if harvest is delayed. Loose skin that is very easy to peel. Most popular mid season variety.
175mm | $19.75 AU | In Production |
Very early fruiting and easy peeling. High sugar levels in fruit. Very popular export variety. One of the main satsuma varieties of Japan. Slow growing dwarf tree. Fruit is better flavoured than the common Silverhill variety although a little smaller.
175mm | $19.75 AU | In Production |
A seedless Japanese type variety. Large fruit, low tree vigour makes it suitable as a good dwarf variety. From Spain.
175mm | $19.75 AU | In Production |
A medium to large fruit with medium rind. Relatively easy to peel when mature. Bright orange, very juicy flesh with a rich flavour. Moderately seedy. Lat midseason.
175mm | $19.75 AU | In Production |
Good size, colour, flavour and easy peeled. May be seedy if cross pollinated. Moderate vigour, susceptible to cold.
175mm | $19.75 AU | In Production |
Recently imported Tangor, with rich, sweet juicy flavour. The tree is moderate in size and vigor. Thin, smooth, orange rind that is easy to peel. The fruit is low-seeded in the absence of cross-pollination, but seedy when cross-pollinated.
175mm | $19.75 AU | Seeking Propagation Material |
Late bearing. Fruit holds until November, vigorous tree, thin skinned.
175mm | $19.75 AU | Seeking Propagation Material |
| Height | Frost tol. | Pollination req'd | Evergreen/Deciduous | Harvest period |
| 2-4 | Medium | No | Evergreen | April - October |
We welcome your Tips on Mandarin Tree. Share Your Tip.
I am interested if anyone has experience growing these new varieties in cool areas | Anthony Miceli - Mornington, VIC 09-Feb-2006
Tasty | Liz Braithwaite - New Farm, QLD 02-Jun-2006
I grow imperial in a large pot with a well drained mix of compost sand loam and cow manure I fertilize with seaweed/fish emulsion and the tree is covered in fruit | Ron Briggs - Grafton, NSW 28-Feb-2007
Armidale is at 950m and has a cold climate. Both Silverhill and Miho fruit well if grown out out of frosty pockets and Miho is maturing May-June and has a lovely sweet flavour. Silverhill is a bit later and not quite as sweet. | Steve Walkden-brown - Armidale, NSW 10-Jun-2007
Tree now 4 years old, second year of cropping, gave about 200 small but very sweet fruit. Kids love it | Jonathan Levin - Brighton, VIC 17-Aug-2008
I grow 14 types of mandarin in Perth:Daisy[my favourite],Honey murcott,Imperial,Emperor,Nules,Silverhill,Japanese Seedless,Ofourer,Ortanique,Hickson,Aperino,Miho,Pixi ande | Jim Ho - Nedlands, WA 23-Dec-2008
I have a question. I have a mandarin tree and it has thorns, what type of mandarin tree is it? The fruit is sweet and juicy. I am moving and would like to take part of the tree with me, like a cutting or grafting. How do I do this? Can any one help? | Joy Gallen - Cessnock, NSW 11-Jan-2009
Can anyone recommend or comment on some of the varieties listed on this page? Any experience with some of the newer listed varieties would be appreciated. Jim Ho of Nedlands, you sound like the man i need to talk to! | Dave - Sydney, NSW 12-Feb-2009
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