If growing citrus trees is a passion near and dear to your heart, you can’t leave the curiously different and useful limetta out of your collection. With its very irregular branch shape and silvery brown bark, it provides a lot of diversity as a houseplant or in a garden. New leaves and flowers are bright [...]
I love lemon citrus trees and try to grow as many as I can. However, not everyone has a yard to grow them in.
Proper pruning is essential when trying to care for all citrus trees, and dwarf lemon trees are not an exception. Knowing how to prune dwarf lemon tree branches can seem intimidating, after all you are removing branches from a plant that you have tried hard to nurture. But the truth is pruning can ensure tree [...]
Growing your own citrus trees can come in handy. And not just for the convenience of having a few slices for lemon for cocktail and muffin recipes. Citrus fruit has many wonderful and unusual uses which can save you both time and money.
The dwarf Lisbon Lemon tree is an excellent tree to grow for use in both cooking and teas. It is known for the tangy, acid flavor of its fruit as well as for being a frequent fruit bearer.
The Ponderosa Lemon Tree is a unique lemon tree and very easy to grow. It has beautiful lemon fruit, which is really large and can weigh up to four pounds. The skin of the fruit comes with large bumps and the juice is excellent for desserts such as Lemon Meringue Pie and Lemon Cookies. Yum
Here is an easy step by step approach to planting, feeding and caring for your dwarf eureka lemon tree in a container;
If you are a first time citrus tree buyer there are several things you need to know before buying your tree.
