So what exactly is a Satsuma and Satsuma Bonsai? Satsuma is actually a fruit tree that is with the same family of tangerine and oranges all known in botanical world as citrus reticulate.
Seto Satsuma Mandarin
Description
Citrus unshiu 'Seto' is a variety that was developed in Japan by controlled pollination of 'Miyagawa' Satsuma. Seed was sent from Japan in the mid 1980's to the TAMU Research and Extension Center.
( Armstrong Satsuma Orange )
The cultivar, 'Armstrong' has glossy leaves, fragrant flowers and small fruit on small evergreen tree. C. reticulata is a rounded large shrub with fruit that ripens in fall.
This is an 'Owari' satsuma tree.
Description
The Mandarin oranges are small, sometimes spiny, trees with slender branches, and lance shaped shiny evergreen leaves. The leaves are not trifoliate, but the petioles (leaf stems) are slightly winged.
Now there are Mandarins, of which there are four main types: the Satsumas of Japan (Citrus unshiu), the Mediterranean mandarins of Europe (C. deliciosa), the King Mandarins of Asia (C. nobilis) and the "common" Mandarins (C. reticulata).
Varieties of Mandarin orange include the Tangerine, Clementine, Dancy, Tangor, Satsuma and several new varieties.
In some varieties, notably the tangerine, the rind is loose and can easily be removed by hand.
'Clementine', 'Kinnow, 'Satsuma' - A few of the many varieties. Best fruiting occurs at warm, inland areas. Citrus grafted to sour organge root stock is resistant to Texas Root Rot. Has Fragrant Flower. SelecTree lists no cultivars of reticulata.
On a warm day this large-flowered clematis releases a delicious scent reminiscent of satsuma oranges. An ideal partner for a climbing rose shrub or tree it's best in partial shade since the delicate petals have a tendency to scorch in full sun.
Orangequat - Citrofortunella nippon - (satsuma mandarin crossed with kumquat)
Procimequat - (limequat crossed with kumquat)
Sunquat - Citrus limon x japonica - (lemon crossed with kumquat) ...
There are dogwood, redbud, double-flowering spirea, Chinese magnolia, mountain laurel, flowering crab, Satsuma orange, kumquat, flowering peach and cherry, crabapple, holly, yaupon, giant bamboo and the flowering sweet olive, ...
The orangequat is a cross between the Meiwa kumquat and the Satsuma mandarin and produces a tasty kumquat-like fruit. The citrangequat is the result of a cross of kumquat and citrange (orange x trifoliate orange) and the fruit is very sour.
"Down bamboo-stalks the sunbeams slide,
Darting like glittering elves at play,
To the thin arched grass where crickets hide
And sing all day." -from "Sunset on the Hills of Satsuma"
Mary McNeil Fenollosa
(fl. 1890s ...
Cogongrass first appeared in the area around Grand Bay, Alabama as an escape from Satsuma orange crate packing in 1912. It was intentionally introduced from the Philippines into Mississippi as a possible forage in 1921.
Prunus salicina 'Satsuma'
Prunus sargentii
Prunus serotina
Prunus serrulata 'Kwanzan'
Prunus serrulata 'Kwanzan' (Prunus 'Kwanzan')
Prunus serrulata 'Sekiyama' (Prunus serrulata 'Kwanzan')
Prunus serrulata 'Ukon'
Prunus spinosa ...
Dancy ripens before Christmas, as does Clementine, which can be "stored on the tree" in good condition for months. Closely related are the cold-hardy and early dwarf Owari Satsuma, which ripens from October to Christmas, and the Kara, ...
chiefly as understock on which to bud sweet orange varieties, although in Europe its fruit is much used in marmalade; the mandarin (C. reticulata or nobilis), or the “kid glove," or loose-rind, group of oranges, which includes the Satsuma ...
Owari Satsuma Mandarin Orange [English]: Citrus reticulata 'Owari'
Owe Cola [English]: Cola verticillata
Owen's Peak Lomatium [English]: Lomatium shevockii
Owen's Valley Checkerbloom [English]: Sidalcea covillei ...
 See also: Orange, Citrus, Varieties, Mandarin, Green
  
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