Dancy Tangerine Tree

A Mandarin variety from Tangiers, Morocco, the Dancy Tangerine (Mandarin) Tree (Citrus reticulata 'Dancy') will provide many years of enjoyment! It's beloved and well-known as a heavy producer of zippy, sweet, easily peeled fruit. Dancy's fine flavor, dependable heavy set and climate adaptability make it a top Mandarin favorite, mistakenly referred to as Tangerines, the name stuck!

One of the best varieties for container growing, Dancy Tangerine Mandarin is beloved by Northern gardeners for its compact size. The tiny, fragrant, waxy white flowers will perfume your whole house or landscape! The fruit colors up right after Thanksgiving. You'll love the beautiful display of orange, spherical fruit hanging against the dark green, rough-textured foliage.

The brilliant orange fruit stays on the tree for months! Dancy Tangerines have juicy red-orange flesh that fully ripens around December, giving it the nickname of the Christmas Tangerine. You won't be able to buy these holiday delicacies from your supermarket though. It plays an important role in the Chinese New Year each year!

Planting and Application:

Whether you live in USDA growing zones 9 or 10 and can grow this beautiful, fruit-bearing tree in the ground, or you can use it as an indoor/outdoor container plant, on patios or porches! Keep Dancy hedges pruned to whatever size you need - either for easy picking or for privacy. They make the perfect screening and property division tree with their dense, year-round evergreen canopy!

This fruit is commercially sold as a component of fresh and frozen juice. Add the tangy juice to your Mimosa for a special Brunch Cocktail. You'll love growing your own! They're healthy and fun for kids to eat, packed full of antioxidants and vitamins. A few would be the perfect lunchbox or after-school treat!

With its abundant fruit set, flowers and broadleaf evergreen foliage, it's a great focal point in your edible landscape plant! The tree almost looks like it was strung with orange bulbs at Christmas!

• Easy to Peel Juicy Fruit
• Dwarf Plant Perfect for Containers
• Fantastic Fragrant Flowers
• Historical Variety & Important for Chinese New Year
• Early Mid-Season Heavy Harvest
• Wonderful Shaggy Foliage & Brilliant Fruit Display

#ProPlantTips for Care:

Citrus Trees are full sun plants, needing a minimum of 6 hours of direct sunlight a day. More sun means stronger growth, more flowers, and therefore more fruit! Preferring morning sun to dry the leaves of dew, these plants also like good air circulation to keep the foliage healthy.

Citrus need very well-drained soils that don't hold excess moisture. Mound up your planting area if you suspect poor drainage and container plants need deep planters with plenty of drainage holes. They also prefer their soil on the acidic side.

Let these plants dry out slightly between waterings and never allow their roots to sit in water. Plants in containers will not need much water during their dormant winter indoors. Citrus trees will not tolerate standing water, so please don't overwater.

For lush plants with dark green leaves and plenty of fruit, set up a regular fertilizer routine, but use a light hand with fertilizers. For plants that aren't holding on to fruit, consider applying organic Citrus fertilizer monthly in spring and again in summer during the growing season. Feed planted Clementine container plants again right before you take them outside for the summer. Feed in-ground planted Clementines once during the dormant season.

Protecting Container Citrus From Cold

If you're growing these tropical trees in the ground in the lowest of their favored growing zones, they need to be planted in a sheltered spot to avoid the worst of the chill. If a spot like that is unavailable, then you are better off planting in a large, deep container.

In borderline growing zones, begin slowly acclimating your tree indoors or into a protected location, eventually moving your tree inside in bright indirect sun for the winter if the temperatures in your area ever dip below that 40F range. In spring, reverse this process and begin acclimating your tree to again be back out in the full sun all summer. This reduces stress and leaf drop.

Like all of our Citrus, these trees are a minimum of three years old, have extensive branching, and have some of the largest root systems available. We take pride in delivering you the highest quality citrus trees with healthy roots and full, well-established stems and foliage.

• Full Sun
• Very Well-Drained Acidic Soil
• Low Moisture Once Established
• Regular Fertilizer
• Prune After Fruiting

One of the oldest varieties grown in the U.S. and first cultivated in Florida in 1867, just after the Civil War ended, Dancy Tangerine Mandarin Tree's flavor was prized then and remains to this day! Order your own delicious history from NatureHills.com today!