As we count down to the holidays, many of us add a variety of living plants to augment the season's festive atmosphere: live Christmas trees, Christmas cacti and poinsettias. In the Bay Area, citrus ...

If you are looking for a fruit tree that produces in the fall with a minimum of care, consider a ‘Satsuma’ mandarin. Ronald Chong, our conscientious correspondent from Hacienda Heights, emailed a ...

This citrus tree is a slow-grower, but when it does mature it reaches a height of up to 15 feet and produces sweet fruit that ...

It’s satsuma time in Louisiana. Some plants began ripening in late September, while other varieties will continue to mature through late November on into early December. As one of the best cold-hardy ...

Derek New’s Satsuma mandarin trees produced fruit for four of their seven or eight years of life at his farm in Baker. Unfortunately, below-freezing weather killed each of his four Satsuma trees in ...

Peaches are Georgia’s signature crop, and the state is one of the nation’s leading producers of peanuts, pecans and blueberries. However, the 100 acres of citrus at Franklin’s Citrus Farm in ...

I want to plant a tangerine tree in my yard this year but am confused by the various names used, such as satsuma, tangerine and mandarin. What's the difference? The name mandarin, or "mandarin orange, ...

Q: My Satsuma tangerines are beginning to turn orange. How do I know when they are really ripe? A: How wonderful it is to have citrus to pick from your own backyard. It is one of the joys of living in ...

Richard Ferreira, owner of Side Hill Citrus, a certified organic mandarin farm in Newcastle, mows the grass to help keep gophers at bay on his 47-acre orchard. Ferreira says California’s drought has ...