Seville sour oranges

If you love authentic English orange marmalade, the Seville sour orange is the essential fruit to make the real thing. This is a terrific cooking, baking, juicing, and zesting orange, with a wonderfully aromatic rind. This tree is adaptable to container growing.

Sun Exposure

• Full sun (six to eight hours)

Soil pH

• 5.5 to 6.5

Hardiness Zones

• Outdoors: 8 to 11
• Patio: 4 to 11

Mature Size

• Height: 10 to 15 feet
• Spread: 3 to 4 feet

Moisture

• 1 to 1 1/2 inches per week

Notes

• Moderate growth rate
• Harvest in the summer
• Can fruit the first year

Have you ever grown Seville sour oranges? Please tell us about your experiences with the Seville sour orange tree.