are grown commercially or in backyards in semi-tropical and warm temperate regions.
The LA Sweet Orange Tree is a vigorous, evergreen fruit tree with a rounded crown covered with glossy, fragrant foliage. Hamlin (Louisiana) Sweet Orange Tree (Height: 3 - 4 FT, Ship Method: Delivery) Different sweet orange cultivars were eventually moved along the Asian Silk Road or trade routes to Europe, Africa, and the Mediterranean where orange groves were established. The fruits ripen and become available in December or mid-winter and should be harvested when ripe as the fruits tend to split and drop from the tree when over-ripe.