What citrus trees grow well in the Florida Keys?
The more tropical citrus fruits like Key Lime, Tahiti Lime and Pummelo, all the other citrus varieties do well but are more cold hardy. On oranges, you may not get good orange color because of the lack of cool weather, but the fruit is fine. The most important factor when selecting a citrus for your yard is the root stock – use lemon types (rough lemon and macrophylla are the best) for our alkaline soils. 8. We have a 5 year old naval orange tree in our yard, and it has begun to bear the past two or three years. The only problem is, the oranges are dry when we cut them open. They are beautiful on the outside, but are pithy and have no juice. What is wrong?
