Houston , Texas lies within USDA climate zona 9 , where nighttime wintertime temperatures rarely drop below 45 degrees Fahrenheit . Low temperatures , like the record 9 degrees Fahrenheit in Dec. 1989 , stay very rare . This is good intelligence for gardeners and farmers who desire to grow orangish trees because they are hardy down to 25 degrees . Many varieties of orange Tree exist and many are suited to living alfresco in the Houston area year - round .

The naval oranges are widely naturalize for their fresh , gamey flesh that contains no seeds . They are the perfect eating orange and include varieties like dream naval , cara cara , ruby-red naval , Brazilian bahai belly button , late umbilicus , navelina and Washington omphalus .

Valencia Oranges

Valencia oranges are the fat of all the oranges and are cultivate for that use . Valencias have seeds , but are superscript to other common orange varieties for the amount and timber of their juice . Rhode redness is classified as a Valencia and yields even more succus than other Valencia oranges . In very high temperature , such as the record 108 degrees Fahrenheit that occurred in Houston in Sept. 2000 , Valencia oranges can become sunburnt and their people of color can also be affected , but in oecumenical they are well suitable to tropic environments .

Sour Oranges

Sour , or acerbic , oranges are often grow in South America and southern Mediterranean area . These less plebeian orange can also grow in the Houston area . Some , such as the bergamot orange , are inedible , but are prize for their oil , which is used to make perfume and forte tea , such as Earl Grey . The Robert Peel is sometimes candied or made into marmalade . Other off orange tree include the African , Argentine , bigaradier apepu , semisweet or daidai , chinotto , Seville , and the popular Tunis dour orange , whose peel is combined with dates , Ceylon cinnamon and peanuts to make a honeyed lulu in Tunisia .

Blood Oranges

Blood oranges typically have red flesh . The Maltese blood orange tree is modest but pop for manipulation in dessert dishes that want a vivacious red color . Maltese oranges are slightly off but very juicy . This orangeness is common in southern Spain and Malta and is clear popularity as a harvest in California .

Moro is the name of another blood orange . This orange is from Sicily , and its rind is grim Bourgogne in color . It is known as the " connoisseur ’s citrus tree . "

Tangelos and Tangerines

tight related to Orange River are the tangelos and tangerines , which are also good option for Houston gardens . The moro tarocco is a Mediterranean yield , considered Italy ’s best orange . It resembles the minneola tangelo but tastes a number like raspberries .

The Citrus reticulata orange are some of the most Robert Frost tolerant members of the orange family . Satsuma mandarins were cultivated wide in southeast Texas until the eighties when a serial of severe hoar put an last to the craw . Minneola tangelo is a good make tangerine case of orange . Tangerine change include dancy , clementine , ponkan and luck . legion intercrossed varieties also exist .

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