Lemon 'Meyer' – 5 Litre Pot

Lemon 'Meyer' – 5 Litre Pot
Botanical name: Citrus × meyeri (syn. Citrus × limon 'Meyer')

Enjoy fresh lemons straight from your own garden with Lemon 'Meyer', New Zealand's favourite home lemon tree. It produces generous crops of juicy, thin-skinned lemons with a milder, slightly sweeter and less acidic flavour than regular lemons. They're perfect for cooking, baking, drinks, dressings and preserves.

'Meyer' is one of the easiest and most reliable citrus trees to grow. It's compact, fruits over a long season and copes with cooler conditions better than most lemons. It's self-fertile, so you only need one tree to get fruit, and its fragrant white flowers and glossy evergreen leaves make it an attractive tree for gardens or patio pots.

Plant details

• Botanical name: Citrus × meyeri (syn. Citrus × limon 'Meyer')
• Common name: Meyer Lemon
• Pot size: 5 litre
• Fruit: Juicy, thin-skinned lemons with a mild, slightly sweet flavour, ripening deep yellow
• Fruiting: Over a long season, often for much of the year
• Flowers: Fragrant white flowers, mainly in spring
• Habit: Compact, evergreen, with few thorns
• Mature size: Approx. 2–3m high × 1.5–2m wide; smaller when grown in a pot
• Pollination: Self-fertile
• Position: Full sun in a warm, sheltered spot
• Soil: Free-draining; in pots, use a quality citrus potting mix
• Hardiness: Tolerates light frosts once established. Protect young trees from heavy frost.
• Feeding: Citrus fertiliser in early spring and again in late summer.
• Care tip: Water deeply and regularly, especially while flowering and fruiting, and don't let pots dry out completely.