I went to several different nurseries today to look at small fruit trees. A
saw one store advertise dwarf, and another advertising an ultra dwarf orange
tree. I believe both were Washington Navel Oranges.
My question is, are they using different terminology for the same type of
tree or is ultra dwarf indeed smaller? I had never heard of ultra dwarf.

I'm looking for the smallest possible tree and am hoping which ever I buy
will grow in the pot I buy it in. My backyard is narrow and I don't have the
room to plant it my soil. Will that work?

Thanks

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these are dwarf, but not super dwarf. Ingrid

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I went to several different nurseries today to look at small fruit trees. A
saw one store advertise dwarf, and another advertising an ultra dwarf orange
tree. I believe both were Washington Navel Oranges.
My question is, are they using different terminology for the same type of
tree or is ultra dwarf indeed smaller? I had never heard of ultra dwarf.

I'm looking for the smallest possible tree and am hoping which ever I buy
will grow in the pot I buy it in. My backyard is narrow and I don't have the
room to plant it my soil. Will that work?

Thanks




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The super dwarf citrus are usually grafted on 'Flying Dragon' rootstock.
This usually dwarfs to 6-8'.
The nurseries should know the name of the rootstock. If they don't or if it
isn't 'Flying Dragon' the trees are probably semi-dwarf, which get to 8-15'
generally.

elizabeth


"Me" wrote in message
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I went to several different nurseries today to look at small fruit trees.
A
saw one store advertise dwarf, and another advertising an ultra dwarf
orange
tree. I believe both were Washington Navel Oranges.
My question is, are they using different terminology for the same type of
tree or is ultra dwarf indeed smaller? I had never heard of ultra dwarf.

I'm looking for the smallest possible tree and am hoping which ever I buy
will grow in the pot I buy it in. My backyard is narrow and I don't have
the
room to plant it my soil. Will that work?

Thanks

Ask them what kind of rootstock each tree is grafted onto. The rootstock
type should indicate how large the tree will get, whether it will do well in
a pot,, on its own, or needs staking.


Crabby


"Me" wrote in message
hlink.net...
I went to several different nurseries today to look at small fruit trees.
A
saw one store advertise dwarf, and another advertising an ultra dwarf
orange
tree. I believe both were Washington Navel Oranges.
My question is, are they using different terminology for the same type of
tree or is ultra dwarf indeed smaller? I had never heard of ultra dwarf.

I'm looking for the smallest possible tree and am hoping which ever I buy
will grow in the pot I buy it in. My backyard is narrow and I don't have
the
room to plant it my soil. Will that work?

Thanks

The ultra dwarfs are usually more assured to be grafted to a truly dwarf root stock. Which will help assure a small size.

Since you are planting in pots it won't matter much as the size of the pot will also restrict the size the tree can grow.

A dwarf fruit tree in a pot is the perfect solution for a very small garden area - they can even be brought indoors or placed on a balcony. Proper watering and feeding, and I like to spray with a compost tea, or bokashi, etc also.

http://www.dwarffruittrees.org