My Edible Fruit Trees: Lemon Trees WA

Dwarf Jonathon and Granny Smith Apples, Washington Navel Orange, dwarf Mandarine, Black Passionfruit x 3, Big Boppa Passionfruit, Banana Passionfruit, Raspberries x 3 so far, immature Chokeberry, Eureka Lemon, Native Finger Lime, Doughnut Peach, Red Papay

lemon - unknown variety

Comments: -

...yet another blessing from past owners!

Height 3 metres

Pollination: No

Lemon Balm

Lemon Balm

Lemon Bergamot

Growing: In the Ground

Lemon Thyme

Lemon Verbena

Lemons (Grafted) ^10/10

Comments: - Every back yard needs a lemon tree so there's not much more to say really! We have had problems with the Dwarf range here - due to rootstocks - so I have replanted with full size trees now. We have Lisbon lemon which does great - thorny, but nice lemons. Myer...a mild lemon and Eureka - a proper acidic lemon. 
We have a range of types so that we always have a fresh lemon on hand from the garden - as I use a lot of them in the kitchen. 
They need some help to be happy with our more alkaline conditions here.

Planted: 2012

Height 3 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Balanced Acid lovers, little and often (summer) slow release organic chook manure pellets (a little in winter/when dormant) sulphur in spring, iron sulphate in winter or as required.

Lots a Lemon (Grafted) ^7/10

Comments: -

Periodic white oil sprays required to control leaf miner when growth flushes start in spring and autumn. No gall wasp in my area thankfully.

Purchased from local Bunnings in mid 2008. Growing in a 50x50cm pot. Very impressed with the ability of this plant to produce profuse quantities of fruit in a compact bush. The display plant I saw at a nursery in Perth (in a pot) had more lemons visible than leaves.

Only downside is that the lemons are relatively sweet compared to Eureka and Lisbon (as the Lotsa Lemon is a Meyer- a lemon/orange cross).

Planted: 2008

Height 15 Centimetres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Slow release

When I Fertilise: Spring

Pest Control:

White oil spray spring/autumn when leaf miner is active

Question:

Myer Lemon (Grafted) ^1/10

Planted: 2007

Height 1 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Pollination: No

Organic Status:Organic

Question:

this tree is driving me crazy... the leaves keep falling off, but it keeps putting on lots of flowers. It has had one fruit. Since i have had it has not gotten any higher.

Bush Lemon Tree

Comments: -

x2 to be grafted or remove 1. Provides bland but juicey lemons fine for lemon juice. Being utlised for shade and grafting potential as they were on the block and rampant when I bought in 2003.

Dwarf Lemon - Meyer ^10/10

Comments: -

Lot's A Lemons - Present for my eldest daughter...anything to get her into the garden.

Height 30 Centimetres

Qty: 1

Pollination: No

Dwarf Lemon - Meyer

Lemon - Eureka (Grafted)

Comments: -

I have grafted a Tahitian lime onto this plant new graft groth now about 20cm plus 1 flower.

Planted: 2009

Height 0.75 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

Lemon - Eureka (Grafted) ^5/10

Comments: -

Older than me. fruits remorselly.

Height 3 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

Organic Status:Organic

Lemon - Eureka

Comments: - Prolific fruiter, had a radical prune as getting too tall

Pollination: Self Pollination

Lemon - Eureka (Grafted)

Comments: -

Everyone needs a true lemon in their garden! This little guy should be vigorous, and hopefully thorn free. I'm trying to grow it as part of a citrus hedge. It hasn't enjoyed the transplant despite the good soil.

The Eureka had to get moved in Jan 2012. It was growing faster than I ever anticipated and needed tip pruning every weekend. It has grown over 50cm in less than 6 months despite regular pruning. It has been relocated to where it can grow up taller away from the house. Its width will have to be managed as it is against a fence, but it can still spread and grow up.

May 2012 - my attempts to turn this into a hedge failed. It is growing rapidly and seems very content in its current location at the edge of the vegetable garden!

Planted: 2011

Height 1.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Cross Pollination

Lemon - Eureka (Grafted) ^8/10

Comments: -

First year in...needs flowers removed. Easy to grow.

Powering along Aug 2010: flowering, fruiting - doing what it does.

It has a more intense lemon flavour than the Meyer and better for that lemon "tang" in cooking.

Fruiting Months January, February, March, April, May, June, July, October, November, December

Planted: 2008

Height 1.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Fruit Harvest: 1 kilograms per Year

First Fruited: 1 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: usual mix

When I Fertilise: Winter

Pest Control:

Eco oil for leaf miner on occasion.

Organic Status:Partially Organic

Lemon - Eureka ^8/10

Comments: -

trimmed to be relatively compact - lovely lemons and lots of them!

Planted: 2002

Height 3 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Fruit Harvest: 30 kilograms per Year

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

When I Fertilise: Spring

Organic Status:Organic

Lemon - Eureka (Grafted) ^4/10

Comments: -

 Flowering well - producing some small fruit.

Hoping to have a bumper crop in a few weeks/months.

Planted: 2006

Height 2 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Fruit Harvest: 3 Fruit Per Year

First Fruited: 2 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: No

Fertiliser or Organics Used: worm wee, organic manure

When I Fertilise: When Fruiting and Spring

Pest Control:

Eco Oil for scale and leaf curl

Organic Status:Organic

Lemon - Eureka ^8/10

Comments: -

The same as my orange tree- this took quite a while to get established but really took off once the vegetable garden was extended and it effectively "moved" from being in the lawn to being in the vege garden. Not suprising really- citrus have very shallow root systems and the grass competes with them a lot.

Has had reasonable crops all year and its rare that I don't have lemons hanging on the tree.

Pruning on this tree is mainly to avoid having it take over too much of the vege garden.

Planted: 2003

Height 2.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Fruit Harvest: 10 kilograms per Year

First Fruited: 3 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pruned By: 10% in Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Fruit and Citrus fertilizer

When I Fertilise: Spring

Pest Control:

White oil spray spring/autumn during growth flushes for leaf miner

Organic Status:Pesticides Used

Lemon - Eureka (Grafted) ^5/10

Comments: - I like the idea of having lemons available all year round

Planted: 2010

Height 2 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Lemon - Eureka

Lemon - Eureka (Grafted) ^8/10

Comments: - This tree was purchased from a hardware store closing down sale for a bargain price. It has held on through suspected neglect at the hardware store, confirmed neglect on my roasting west-facing courtyard, several moves, and spending the last six months in a dark and forgotten corner of the yard. Have finally found a permanent place for it in the garden and it is now getting full sun, retic and lots of seasol. It is holding its fruit for the first time and I hope to finally harvest a lemon this sumer!

Planted: 2009

Height 1.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

Lemon - Eureka

Planted: 2010

Height 2 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Lemon - Eureka

Lemon - Eureka

Planted: 2009

Height 1.6 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: No