Watering – Once your newly bought citrus trees arrive, you need to replant them either on the ground or in bigger pots.In colder areas, it is advisable that you plant lemon trees next to your house or under an eave to get frost protection or plant them in a container, especially the dwarf citrus tree, since they are well adapted to container growing.
Meyer Lemon Trees are best grown in USDA plant hardiness zone 8 through 11.
Planting Location – Citrus trees are generally hardy but grow best in warm, sunny spots that have well-draining soil. The fragrant blooms then turn to medium-sized, orange-yellow, juicy sweet-tart lemons that are in season in fall/spring.ĭwarf citrus trees and standard-sized citrus trees need almost the same type and amount of care. This citrus tree blooms purple-tinted flowers all year round but blooms are more concentrated in spring or fall. This lemon tree variety has a spreading habit and is nearly thornless making it a great citrus tree to plant if you have kids, be it indoors or outdoors. It is fairly vigorous, shrubby and somewhat small in size upon reaching maturity – standard Meyer lemon trees can grow as tall as 6’ to 10’ while the dwarf lemon tree can grow up to 4’ to 6’ in height. The Improved Meyer Lemon Tree is cold hardy and best grows in US Department of Agriculture USDA hardiness zones 8 to 11. A surviving and virus-free Meyer lemon tree was then discovered by Don Dillon in 1950 and was later certified and released by the University of California as the “ Improved Meyer Lemon Tree” in 1975. Because of this, most Meyer lemon trees have to be destroyed. Unfortunately the original Meyer Lemon Trees were found to be susceptible to a devastating virus called Citrus Tristeza and eventually became symptomless carriers of the said virus, which infected and killed millions of citrus trees across the United States and all over the world. It was first discovered and sent to the United States in 1908 by Dutch horticulturist and botanist Frank Meyer who was working for the United States Department of Agriculture. The fragrant blooms of this lemon tree then turn to medium-sized, orange-yellow, juicy sweet-tart lemons that are in season in fall/spring.Ĭitrus x meyeri or commonly called the Meyer Lemon tree is a gorgeous evergreen citrus tree originally from China that is a hybrid between a common lemon tree and a mandarin orange tree. This lemon tree variety has a spreading habit and is nearly thornless. The Meyer Improved Lemon Tree is a hybrid between a common lemon tree and a mandarin orange tree.
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