The lemon tree is good news for gardeners who want a steady supply of fruit all year round. Lemons, Limes and Lemonades can be used to make lemon bread, lemon meringue pie, fresh lemonade and juices. Citrus trees are becoming more and more popular as landscaping plants, offering not only fruit but an attractive form of year-round, glossy, deep green foliage, and fragrant flowers that would rival any.
The popular Meyer is not a true lemon but likely to be a natural hybrid between a lemon and an orange. The lower acidity and reduced bitterness makes it one of the most widely grown home-garden varieties. Very hardy and prolific.
This naturalized lemon grows wild in subtropical Australia. They are very hardy, have a thick skin with a true lemon flavour. Grows to about 4m in a sunny position. The skin makes a good zest for cooking.
This popular variety of 'lemon' is not a true lemon but likely to be a natural hybrid between a lemon and an orange. The lower acidity and reduced bitterness makes it one of the most widely grown home-garden varieties. Very hardy and prolific. The dwarf rootstock, flying dragon modifies the top growth making this a dwarf plant that is ideal to use planted out or as a pot specimen.
A good quality bitter lemon with high juice and acid levels. The fruits of Eureka and Lisbon are very similar. Vigorous and productive, trees are very thorny particularly when young.
This lemon is probably the most widely grown lemon in the world It’s a true 'bitter' lemon with a high juice and acid content. Can have some fruit most of the year. With good care the fruit is thin-skinned and virtually seedless.
175mm | $19.75 AU | In Production | 
The dwarf rootstock, flying dragon modifies the top growth making this a dwarf plant that is ideal to use planted out or as a pot specimen.
175mm | $22.90 AU | In Production |
Spanish variety noted for its smooth rind texture and consistent heavy crops, Main crop in winter with smaller Autumn and Spring crops. Vigorous variety similar to Eureka, with some thorns.
175mm | $19.75 AU | In Production |
Has been recently introduced into Australia, its origins are unknown but it has been extensively planted throughout Spain. The tree is vigorous with a spreading habit and small thorns. Fruit are less rounded in shape than other varieties and have a pronounced neck with few seeds.
175mm | $17.90 AU | In Production |
The fragrant fruits of the citron are highly variable in shape and texture. They can be oblong, obovoid, oval, rough or smooth. The candied peel is used in the food industry and is a common ingredient in fruit cakes, plum pudding, sweet rolls and candys. If fully ripen on the tree the fruits are very aromatic and yellow, they can be placed in a bowl to scent a room. Sensative to frost, the foliage and fruit can also be damaged by intense heat and drought.
175mm | $19.75 AU | Seeking Propagation Material |
Belongs to the Eureka group. A good winter cropper. The large trees are thornier than others.
175mm | $17.90 AU | Seeking Propagation Material |
| Height | Frost tol. | Pollination req'd | Evergreen/Deciduous | Harvest period |
| 2-5 | Medium | Evergreen | most of year |
We welcome your Tips on Lemon Tree. Share Your Tip.
I find a few of these trees around the area where I rent. I picked a bag and squeezed them into a bottle just by the dirt road and made lemonade. | Josh Scrivener - Main Arm, NSW 24-Apr-2006
Water only when soil appears dry. do not over feed (ony feed in 2 weekly periods or the plant may die.) | Benjamin Brown - London, - 29-Aug-2006
Must have adequate magnesium sulphate (Epsom salts) 1 kilo packet spread thinly & well watered revives sick trees, esp.in WA. Saturated solution of Epsoms with enough Condys crystals to make dark pink spray helps all citrus trees with black mould | Joyce Crouchley - Boya, WA 08-Aug-2007
I have few gum trees. Nothing I can grow under neath. I have planted a lemon and lime tree and they are doing well. When the flower comes put potash on the plant once a month for three months, and put Thrive on the leaves every two weeks for two months. | Mohammad Mostafiz - Ingleburn, NSW 10-Dec-2008
I wouldn't recommend Eureka for a suburban back yard as grows very large and fruits prolifically. A Lemonade variety is a better choice for a sweet fruit which your kids will enjoy. The problem is digging the old rootstock out to replant a new fruit tree! | J Lesley - Birkdale, QLD 05-Apr-2009
Granny's cure for sick /sad lemon tree - 2 or 3 4" nails into the trunk depending on size of tree sparks them right up. Lemon trees need iron apparently | Greg Boyce - Sydney, NSW 04-Jul-2009
Grow where moist | Issa Maryina Se - North Melbourne, VIC 17-Sep-2009
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