Lemon Tree

Diego says...
Lemon trees like plenty of sun and heat so there's no reason they wouldn't grow in your hot climate provided they are well watered and have good or improved soil. You don't need to buy them from Queensland if you can source them closer. Daleys had them at one stage or you could grow from seed. See following info....

'Rough Lemon' ('Florida Rough'; French'; 'Mazoe'; Jamberi')–perhaps a lemon X citron hybrid, but has been given the botanical name of C. jambhiri Lush. Believed to have originated in northern India, where it grows wild; carried in 1498 or later by Portuguese explorers to southeastern Africa where it became naturalized along the Mazoe River; soon taken to Europe, and brought by Spaniards to the New World; is naturalized in the West Indies and Florida; oblate, rounded or oval, base flat to distinctly necked, apex rounded with a more or less sunken nipple; of medium size, averaging 2 3/4 in,(7 cm) wide, 2 1/2 (6.25 cm) high; peel lemon-yellow to orange-yellow, rough and irregular, with large oil glands, often ribbed; 3/16 to 3/8 in (5-10 mm) thick; pulp lemon-yellow, usually in 10 segments, medium-juicy, medium-acid, with moderate lemon odor and flavor; seeds small, 10 to 15, brownish within. Reproduces true from seeds, which are 96% to 100% nucellar. Tree large, very thorny; new growth slightly tinged with red; buds and flowers with red-purple. The scant pulp and juice limit the rough lemon to home use. It is appreciated as a dooryard fruit tree in Hawaii and in other tropical and subtropical areas where better lemons are not available. The tree has been of great importance as a rootstock for the sweet orange, mandarin orange and grapefruit. It is not now used as a rootstock for lemon in Florida because of its susceptibility to "blight" (young tree decline). It is also prone to Alternaria leaf spot (A1ternaria citri) in the nursery, to foot rot (Phytophthora parasitica). Incidence varies with the clone and certain clones show significant resistance. In trials at Lake Alfred, 3 atypical clones showed immunity to leaf spot, while a typical rough lemon clone, 'Nelspruit 15', from South African seed, proved highly resistant to leaf spot and also extremely cold tolerant.

MaryT1 says...
Lucky you Julie; I've heard that they are tough and they produce well but so far I've only bought one that died and the seedlings I've raised from a fruit my friends brought me are still small. Fingers crossed though I may not see it fruit.

MaryT1 says...
Julie I now have the bush lemon seedling in the ground. I love the bush lemons my friends bring me because they have this loose rind that can be eaten freshly sliced and the flavour is great. So different from the other lemons.

MaryT1 says...
The classic Sicilian way is to slice thinly with sliced fennel (bulb) or just add salt and pepper (maybe with a dressing) and eat. You eat it rind, pith and all.