Clementine tree grow and care – tree of the genus citrus also known as Clementina or Clementines oranges, Clementine tree perennial evergreen plant, grow for edible fruits, can be used also as ornamental plant and can grow as dwarf tree or bonsai, can grow in tropical, subtropical or mediterranean climate and growing in hardiness zone 9+ and in the right care overwinter in hardiness zone 8b.
Leaves color green in elliptic, flowers color white with five petals the stamens color is yellow, some cultivars with thorns.
Clementine tree edible fruit
Fruit size ~4-6 cm’ and color is orange, it can be sweet, sour or something in between. The inner fruit divided by segments, the segment cover with soft thin layer, it containing the pulp (little cones covered with a thinner layer), some cultivars are seedless. Rind color orange sometimes green-orange, rind is edible but sometimes little bitter also used as flavor and fragrant.