The Westin is a sweet orange (Citrus sinensis) with Brazilian roots and a Florida home, prized for fruit that delivers exceptional juice. Its globe-shaped oranges run rich and sugary with a balanced, low-bitterness flavor, and the flesh is loaded with bright, deep-orange juice — this is a variety chosen first and foremost for what comes out of the squeezer. As a mid-to-late-season orange, it ripens after the early types fade, extending homegrown citrus deeper into the season just when grocery fruit starts to disappoint. Eaten out of hand it’s clean and sweet; pressed into juice it’s the reason people plant a Westin in the first place.
Why You’ll Love It:
- Descended from Brazilian juicing stock, the Westin packs an unusually high volume of sweet, deeply colored juice into every fruit.
- The flavor leans rich and sugary with gentle acidity, so the juice tastes balanced and smooth rather than sharp.
- Fruit matures after the early oranges are gone, stretching your harvest window and giving you fresh citrus when most stores can’t.
- A healthy Westin sets a generous crop, rewarding the space it occupies with enough fruit for fresh juice all season.
- Glossy foliage and fragrant white spring blossoms make it a handsome landscape or patio tree even between harvests.
Your plant may arrive in a grower Citra-pot. See our simple repotting guide & pot sizing tips here.
