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Lemon
Anyone for a G&T? Don't you just love Lemons? They look good, smell wonderful, taste fabulous and offer so much as a garden plant with aesthetic, medicinal and culinary properties. Once your Lemon trees are established you will find that they will provide you with fruit for most of the year. This is particularly so with the hardy Meyer Lemon which is a prolific cropper with mature fruit holding well whilst the new fruit is developing. If you are looking for a strongly acidic lemon then "Eureka" may be the one for you. The other bonus with "Eureka" is that the tree is virtually thornless and the fruit virtually seedless. For a milder flavour choose the hybrid "Lemonade".
Lemons do need some pampering at first however, and for just a little effort you will be well rewarded. First you need to know that Lemons are gross feeders. What that means is that like me they enjoy their tucker. Unlike me they only have to be fed twice a year, early spring and early autumn. It is best to use a specially formulated Citrus food which is readily available. I also throw a few sheep pellets around the base of my Lemon trees a few times a year.
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The second most important requirement for Lemons or any Citrus is that they must be well watered during dry periods. If you are growing in a container then regular watering (every day in summer) is essential. If you don't water regularly then the young fruit will drop off the tree and the older maturing fruit will dry out and become pithy. Thirdly Lemons must be protected from harsh frost when young. Do this by placing a cover around or over the plant when frosts are forecast. Remember to remove the cover in the morning. If you live in a particularly frosty area leave planting any new trees until late spring. Lemons will do their best in a fertile well drained soil.
You can prune Lemons at any time but really the most convenient time is when you are picking the fruit. Never pull the fruit off, always cut off with a sharp pair of secateurs. Cut back as far as you like to a new growth joint or shoot. Lemons flower in spring and the flowers are bi-sexual and therefore self pollinating, saving them all those complicated relationship problems! The perfume is quite strong and will waft sensuously through garden. Lemons do have the odd pest and disease problem but these are usually easily dealt with. Keeping them happy and healthy is the best remedy and they in turn will do the same for you.
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Lemon Eureka Variegata
Here's something to make you go 'Eureka' - an unusual variegated form of this popular Lemon. Both the foliage and fruit are variegated green and lemon but the fruit turn completely yellow upon maturity. The flesh of the lemon has hints of pink. Starts cropping from a young age and is quite bountiful. Evergreen.
Lemon Eureka loves a warm sheltered spot in the garden with protection from harsh frost. The fruit has quite a low pip count and there are not too many thorns on the branches so if you fertilize and water regularly you've got yourself a great little Lemon tree.
Habit: Upright
Height: 2.5mx2.5m
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Lemon Genoa
This thornless lemon, with Italian origins, has large juicy sour fruit which ripen from July to December. The fruit is medium sized with greenish-yellow flesh that is almost seedless. Plant in a sunny well drained spot. Evergreen.
Habit: Upright
Height: 3m x 2.5m
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Lemon Lisbon
This lemon comes to us from Australia where it was grown from seed sent from Portugal way back when. One for the lemon connoisseur, deliciously juicy, fragrant fruit with a thick skin. Very productive and vigorous with good cold tolerance though it prefers a warm sheltered spot. Evergreen.
Habit: Upright
Height: 3m x 2.5m
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Lemon Lisbon Seedless
For the lemon connoisseur, deliciously juicy, fragrant, seedless fruit with a nice thick skin. A must for lemon meringue pie. Mainly crops in the winter. Easily grown as this Lemon is more hardy and tolerant to cold
than many. Happiest in a sunny well drained spot. Evergreen.
Remember only use sharp secateurs to remove the fruit and cut with a few centimetres of stalk attached.
Habit: Upright
Height: 3m x NaNm
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Lemon Lisbon Seedless Dwarf
This tough Lemon is more tolerant of harsh conditions than many other varieties. That might be because the fruit have quite a thick skin! The fruit are deliciously juicy and fragrant and of course seedless. A lemon for the connoisseur. On 'Flying Dragon' rootstock to keep compact. Evergreen.
This Lemon has been developed in Australia from seed that originally hailed from Portugal.
Habit: Upright
Height: 1.5m x 1m
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Lemon Meyer
NZ's most popular lemon and deservedly so. Very juicy and a really good cropper. Once established the tree will seldom be without a lemon. More tolerant of cold than many other lemons. Can you feel a Gin and Tonic coming on? Happiest in a sunny well drained position. Evergreen.
All Citrus love being fed and watered regularly, especially if container grown. They respond quickly to a little pampering and will reward you for your efforts. When harvesting the fruit cut rather than pull off the tree.
Habit: Upright
Height: 2mx1.5m
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Lemon Meyer - Dwarf
Very juicy and a really good cropper. Once established the tree will seldom be without a lemon. More tolerant of cold than many other lemons. Can you feel a Gin and Tonic coming on? Happiest in a sunny well drained position. Grafted on to 'Flying Dragon' rootstock to keep dwarf. Evergreen.
Every NZ garden should have a 'Meyer' lemon tree because they are so easy to grow and crop so well. They are however quite a 'sweet' lemon so if you prefer a real sharp acid taste then plant another variety to keep your 'Meyer' company.
Habit: Upright
Height: 1.5m x 1m
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Lemon Meyer Std
NZ's most popular lemon and deservedly so. Very juicy and a really good cropper. Once established the tree will seldom be without a lemon. More tolerant of cold than many other lemons. Can you feel and Gin and Tonic coming on? Happiest in a sunny well drained position.
To keep your Lemon Standard looking good feed and water regularly. Trim new shoots below the main branches. Remember always cut off ripe fruit rather than pulling.
Habit: Upright
Height: Std
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Lemon Villa Franca
'Villa Franca' originates from Europe and produces large, sharp tasting, juicy lemons. A good choice for those who like a real zingy lemon flavour. The fruit is pale and smooth and matures from April until July. Mostly thornless. Plant in a sunny well drained position. Evergreen.
Habit: Upright
Height: 3m x 2.5m
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Lemon Villa Franca Variegated
'Villa Franca' originates from Europe and produces large, sharp tasting, juicy lemons. A good choice for those who like a real zingy lemon flavour. Mostly thornless. This is an unusual and interesting form with variegated foliage and fruit. Evergreen.
Habit: Upright
Height: 3m x 2.5m
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