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Plant Habit: Shrub
Tree
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Water Preferences: Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Plant Height: 6 - 15 feet
Leaves: Evergreen
Fruit: Showy
Edible to birds
Other: Large, yellow thick-skinned; seedless white fruit can weigh up to several pounds. Unlike other grapefruit, 'Oro Blanco' fruit is sweet rather than bitter.
Fruiting Time: Late winter or early spring
Spring
Winter
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Flower Color: White
Bloom Size: Under 1"
Flower Time: Late winter or early spring
Spring
Underground structures: Taproot
Edible Parts: Fruit
Eating Methods: Raw
Wildlife Attractant: Bees

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Common names
  • Grapefruit
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Citrus x aurantium
  • Synonym: Citrus x paradisi
Also sold as:
  • Oroblanco

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Location: Kalama, Wa.
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Location: Fairfax VA | February 2023
Date: 2023-01-26
Location: Longwood Gardens, Kennett Square, Pennsylvania, USA
Date: 2018-11-11

Date: 2021-12-07
Location: Longwood Gardens Conservatory, Kennett Square, Pennsylvania USA
Date: 2018-01-29
Location: Kalama, wa
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Location: Kalama, wa
  • Uploaded by Joy
Comments:
  • Posted by Trish (Grapevine, TX - Zone 8a) on Apr 27, 2022 6:49 AM concerning plant:
    The fruit has a thick, greenish yellow rind. The flesh is straw-colored and usually seedless. 'Oroblanco' ripens January to March in coastal California (north and south); November and December in inland California and low-elevation deserts.

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