Dwarf Cara Cara Red Navel Orange Tree - 26-30" Tall Live Citrus Plant - Gal. Pot

• Easy peeling, eating orange; seedless; beautiful red flesh contains Lycopene
• Makes for good container plants to be grown in pots indoors and on patios
  
• Grafting: Grafted – Dwarfing Rootstock
• Our trees are 26-30" tall and about one year old.
• We grow our trees in a 4 inch square pot that is 14" tall. The pot is equivalent to a “1 gallon” capacity. This “sleeve” is perfect for shipping because you get the entire root ball and soil rather than “bare root.” Getting the soil with the tree greatly increases your success with your new citrus tree.

We CANNOT ship to CA, TX, LA, AZ due to federal agricultural restrictions

• If temperatures are below 40°F between Florida and your location, I will recommend that we hold your order until the weather is warmer.
• If you choose to ship before the weather warms, we do not offer a warranty for freeze damage in this situation.
• We do NOT guarantee plants shipped during freezing weather and we do NOT offer refunds for freeze damage to your plants.

Dwarf trees are grafted onto a rootstock that limits the mature size of the tree to around 8 – 9 feet tall and wide compared to where standard rootstock trees will mature at between 12 – 15 feet tall and wide. The dwarf tree is also more suited to container growing because the rootstock will not outgrow the container as quickly as a standard grafted rootstock.

Description:

Are you looking for the perfect holiday orange? With a Florida Red Navel Orange you will get the classic flavor of a Florida Navel Orange combined with a brilliant shade of red. This accidental variety was discovered in 1976 in Venezuela. In the 1980s, a process of grafting branches bearing Red Navel Oranges onto suitable root stock allowed growers to develop orange trees that produced these colorful fruits in Florida, resulting in the Florida Red Navel Orange. 

On the outside, Red Navel Oranges look like a normal Navel Orange. However, inside, the Red Navel Orange offers a brilliant red color. This makes the Red Navel Oranges similar to blood oranges. The natural red color is due to an increased amount of lycopene. Lycopene is a carotenoid that appears naturally in fruit, and is similar to beta-carotene. Red Navel Oranges are seedless and offer a thin skin that is easy to peel and section.