Pixie Mandarin

A Naturally Seedless, Late-Season Mandarin with an Extended Spring Harvest Window

Selected and released by the University of California Riverside breeding program, the Pixie mandarin is highly valued for its natural, complete seedlessness and unique harvest timeline. Unlike early varieties that must be picked all at once, Pixie fruit matures in late winter and can remain on the tree for an extended period, allowing you to stretch your harvest window. Its upright growth habit and dense foliage provide excellent canopy protection for the developing fruit.

My Personal Take: Pixie is another one of my favorites. It is delicious and a great choice to grow at home.

The Flavor & Sensory Experience

• Richly Sweet and Low Tartness: The medium-orange flesh delivers a mild, rich sweetness with exceptionally low tartness, offering a balanced and pleasant flavor profile.
• Easy Peeling and Seedless: The yellowish-orange rind is slightly pebbled and separates cleanly from the firm, moderately juicy flesh, which remains reliably seedless even when cross-pollinated.

The Backyard Advantage

• Extended Harvest Window: Its ability to hold on the tree past its initial winter maturity allows growers in varied microclimates to pick fresh, high-quality fruit through the spring months and often into June.
• Rootstock-Enhanced Quality: Grafted onto a semi-dwarfing rootstock that imparts high eating quality to the fruit.

Variety Specifications

Primed for Growth

• Container Size: Grown in a 4" x 4" x 8" air-pruning pot.
• Supercharged Roots: Air-pruning technology prevents root-binding, creating a dense, fibrous, and incredibly robust root system that eliminates transplant shock.
• Expertly Structured: Pruned early to develop a low, sturdy scaffold branch system, ensuring your citrus tree naturally grows into a beautiful, balanced shape.
• Rapid Establishment: Because of this superior root architecture, the tree won't stall out or hesitate—it is engineered to immediately anchor in and start pushing new growth the moment you plant it.

Certified Health & Shipping Compliance

• Elite Health Guarantee: Grafted in California inside a USDA APHIS-approved insect-resistant structure, this tree remains entirely within a secure, protected facility from grafting until it is boxed for delivery. This unbroken chain of biosecurity guarantees zero exposure to outside pests and utilizes certified, disease-free budwood from rigorously tested parent stock.
• Maximum Protection: This strict adherence to federal and state agricultural laws ensures you receive a structurally sound, perfectly healthy tree completely free of disease.
• 48-State Compliance: Because of these elite biosecurity standards, this tree is fully certified to ship directly to your door in 48 states.
• Shipping Restrictions: Due to strict state quarantine laws, we unfortunately cannot ship this tree to Texas or Florida.