My Edible Fruit Trees: Orange Trees WA

Orange Berry

Pollination: Self Pollination

Oranges (Grafted) ^9/10

Comments: - Homegrown oranges taste fantastic and are one of my favourites. We have an Early Spanish Newhall navel (a beautiful tree with lovely fruit - my favourite - and in this picture) a Joppa and a Valencia - to spread out the fruiting season. They are all on full size rootstock as the semi-dwarf and dwarf rootstocks don't perform as well here, with the sands and tendency to alkalinity. All of our citrus get a dressing of sulphur in spring and sometimes iron sulphate during the year/winter, if needed. 
I love citrus and would always have them growing in the garden - and they taste great when homegrown. The trees are so handsome and the blossom smells divine also.

Planted: 2013

Height 3 metres

Growing: In the Ground

First Fruited: 3 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Balanced Acid lovers alternating with organic chook manure pellets.

Orange - Washington Navel

Comments: -

finally getting fruit (if I beat the parrots!)-beautiful juicy sweet oranges

2 of these

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 2

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

Organic Status:Organic

Orange - Lanes Late ^8/10

Comments: - finally getting fruit (if I beat the parrots!)

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

Organic Status:Organic

Orange - Arnold Blood

Fruiting Months August and September

Height 1 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Fruit Harvest: 0.5 kilograms per Year

First Fruited: 1 Years from purchase in pot

Pollination: No

Fertiliser or Organics Used: seasol/chook

Organic Status:Organic

Orange - Washington Navel

Dwarf Jonathon and Granny Smith Apples, Washington Navel Orange, dwarf Mandarine, Black Passionfruit x 3, Big Boppa Passionfruit, Banana Passionfruit, Raspberries x 3 so far, immature Chokeberry, Eureka Lemon, Native Finger Lime, Doughnut Peach, Red Papay

Turmeric - Orange ^10/10

Comments: -

Stuck some rhizomes in the ground and they grew a few days later. I now have heaps of turmeric plants and they are so easy to grow. Keep them in the shade during hot sunny days.

Planted: 2012

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Low Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: No

Organic Status:Partially Organic

Orange - Valencia

Orange - Cara Cara Blood Navel

Dwarf Orange - Cara Cara (Grafted) ^5/10

Comments: -

Slow grower, flowers fall off every time. planted 2007.

One in ground and one in pot.

Planted: 2007

Height 0.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: No

Pest Control:

Rutheglen bug.

Organic Status:Partially Organic

Comments

Looks good for 2009 lotsa flowers.

Put out a massive growth spurt.

Orange - Arnold Blood

Comments: -

I'm trying to espalier this orange along my wall.Has given me a few oranges but it doesn't get enough sun. I'm thinking of putting it in a wine barell.

Planted: 2010

Height 1 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

First Fruited: 1 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Organic Status:Organic

Valencia orange (Grafted) ^8/10

Comments: -

Seedless variety of Valencia. Took quite a while to get established but really took off once the vegetable garden was extended and it effectively "moved" from being in the lawn to being in the vege garden. Not suprising really- citrus have very shallow root systems and the grass competes with them a lot.

Extremely heavy crop this year (first year it's recovered from the vege garden being extended to include it) I'll have to load some photos up.

Pruning on this tree is mainly to avoid having it take over too much of the vege garden.

Winter of 2010 and continues to go strong- just starting to ripen now (mid July)

Update 2012 one of my most successful trees- very heavy cropper for the size and the fruit holds on the tree all winter (ready to eat) into spring.

Planted: 2003

Height 1.8 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Fruit Harvest: 20 kilograms per Year

First Fruited: 4 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pruned By: 10% in Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Fruit and Citrus fertiliser

When I Fertilise: Spring

Pest Control:

White oil spray when pests are active (during growth flushes in spring and autumn)

Orange - Arnold Blood (Grafted) ^5/10

Comments: - Love the look of red oranges

Height 2 metres

Growing: In a Pot

First Fruited: 1 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Orange - Valencia

Comments: -

Planted in a raised bed and pruned as a standard the older leaves often look a little dull, I've piled poo around it and added specialised fertiliser ... but it just seems a bit lack-luster. Hopefully it will soon obtain the zest for life. It is flowering - but doesn't seem to put on loads of lush new growth.

Approximately 2 months after the poo episode and some extra loving ... this plant is covered in flowers and new growth. I think WA soil (even improved) just does not have the nutrients many plants require and additional compost etc is requried

This plant suffered in summer with only a small amount of watering. I've sinced discovered that WA citrus need approximately 6 litres of water per day per square metre of canopy and the orange has responded very well to an almost 7-fold increase in water! It is still very prone to disease and struggles after a few hot days, but it is going to make it.

In June 2011 I transplanted this tree into better soil. So far the transplant has gone well with no apparent stress.

It hasn't flowered that much in the summer of 2012 - lot of green leaves. Come autumn I think I'll re-improve the soil (pig poo?) I've mulched with sweet straw.

Planted: 2010

Height 1 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

Pest Control:

none

Organic Status:Partially Organic

Orange - Washington Navel (Grafted)

Comments: -

The Washington Navel is one of the most widely known (and grown) citrus. It is a navel orange, meaning that it has a small "navel" (actually a tiny secondary fruit) and crops mostly over winter in our climate. The Washington Navel variety is so-named because it was distributed through the US by the Washington office of the Department of Agriculture. It has a rich, "classic" orange taste and is generally seedless due to the tree's inability to produce viable pollen.

This tree is part of our citrus hedge - a row of citrus trees planted along a north-west facing boundary fence at 1m spacing. The plan is for the trees to grow into an effective hedge that will be kept pruned to about 2m high. We prepared the planting area for the citrus hedge by incorporating "fruit & veg" soil mix into our existing sandy soil. Mushroom compost was worked into the bottom of the planting hole which was then backfilled with more "fruit and veg" mix. The area was lightly mulched with mushroom compost, leaving the area about 8cm around the trunk clear.

Planted: 2011

Height 1 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: No

Organic Status:Partially Organic

Orange - Cara Cara Blood Navel (Grafted)

Comments: -

The Cara Cara is a mutation of the Washington Navel, similar to this variety but with deep pink flesh. They are purported to be less acidic than the Washington Navel and to have slight berry or cherry tones, which should be interesting. In South Africa they ripen slightly earlier than the Washington Navel, which would be useful for extending our orange season, but I'm not sure if this will be the case here in Perth.

This tree is part of our citrus hedge - a row of citrus trees planted along a north-west facing boundary fence at 1m spacing. The plan is for the trees to grow into an effective hedge that will be kept pruned to about 2m high. We prepared the planting area for the citrus hedge by incorporating "fruit & veg" soil mix into our existing sandy soil. Mushroom compost was worked into the bottom of the planting hole which was then backfilled with more "fruit and veg" mix. The area was lightly mulched with mushroom compost, leaving the area about 8cm around the trunk clear.

Height 1 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: No

Organic Status:Partially Organic

Orange - Midknight Seedless (Grafted)

Comments: -

The Midknight Seedless is a variety of valencia orange, which is well known for its high quality juice. The Midknight Seedless ripens slightly earlier than a standard valencia but later than our Washington Navel, which will help to extend the season.

This tree is part of our citrus hedge - a row of citrus trees planted along a north-west facing boundary fence at 1m spacing. The plan is for the trees to grow into an effective hedge that will be kept pruned to about 2m high. We prepared the planting area for the citrus hedge by incorporating "fruit & veg" soil mix into our existing sandy soil. Mushroom compost was worked into the bottom of the planting hole which was then backfilled with more "fruit and veg" mix. The area was lightly mulched with mushroom compost, leaving the area about 8cm around the trunk clear.

Height 1 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: No

Organic Status:Partially Organic

Orange - Arnold Blood

Orange - Valencia

Grumichama - Orange (Cutting) ^8/10

Orange - Valencia Seedless

Comments: -

oranges are ace!

Height 1 metres

Pollination: No

Organic Status:Organic

Orange - Washington Navel (Grafted)

Planted: 2009

Height 0.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: No

Organic Status:Partially Organic

Orange - Arnold Blood (Seedling) ^10/10

Comments: -

Mmm blood....

Planted: 2009

Height 40 Centimetres

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Pollination: No

Orange - Arnold Blood (Grafted) ^5/10

Comments: -

Tasty fruit, great colour, nice tree

Planted: 2006

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 2

First Fruited: 3 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Winter

Pollination: Self Pollination

When I Fertilise: When Fruiting

Pest Control:

White oil or pest oil when needed

Organic Status:Partially Organic

Orange - Washington Navel (Grafted) ^7/10

Comments: -

This one has not flowered yet.

Feeding: see lemon - meyer

Also in Biolytix zone - gets subsurface food n water.

Aug 2010: flowering well - slow start like the blood orange - but off and running now.

Height 1 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: See lemon- meyer

Pest Control:

See lemon - meyer

Organic Status:Partially Organic

Orange - Arnold Blood (Grafted) ^8/10

Comments: -

This one has not flowered yet.

Is in the Biolytix zone - receives subsurface food n water also.

2010: ONE fruit! wow...

Aug 2010: Flowering like mad. Took awhile - but there u go.

Height 1.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: See lemon - meyer

Pest Control:

See lemon - meyer

Organic Status:Partially Organic

Orange - Washington Navel

Comments: -

Dwarf variety planted 2010 as I want another eating orange (in addition to my seedless Valencia). The oranges are good for fresh fruit through the winter

Planted: 2010

Pollination: Self Pollination

Orange - Washington Navel

Comments: -

Lot's of fruit fly this season.  Will have to add protection for next season..

Fruiting Months April, November, December

Planted: 2002

Height 5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Fruit Harvest: 30 kilograms per Year

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: No

When I Fertilise: Spring

Organic Status:Partially Organic

Turmeric - Orange