Citrus

Landscaping

One of the most versatile edible plant families around, Lemon Meyer being the most popular . Great for container planting for the patio or near the kitchen, so it’s easy to grab the fruit. It can be used as an edible screen or hedge. The fragrant white flowers make having Citrus plants in your garden a must.
Culinary & Nutrition

Fruit is enjoyed fresh from the tree, though it can be added to fruit salad, cakes & flans. The peel can also be used for its flavour and essential oil. High in Vitamin C, great for those winter colds. The flowers can also be used to make lemon blossom teas and garnishes or added to salads and are used in sweet or savoury dishes.
Growing Conditions

Citrus enjoy a full sun position, but in warm areas of the country will handle some shade. Prefer warm conditions but are pretty cold hardy, and will survive a frost. Plant in a well-drained fertile soil, add a good compost and mulch well. Citrus like lots of fertiliser high in nitrogen, applied in spring and summer, apply manure in autumn with a good mulch. Apply copper and oil sprays to keep pests at bay.

Incredible Citrus Varieties

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Citrus Lemon Meyer

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Lemon Meyer is the most popular Lemon, a medium-sized tree, hardy and easy to grow in a container or garden. Lemon Meyer can provide Lemons throughout the year (Mainly fruiting from April to December). The juice has a distinct floral fragrance, sweet and slightly tart, with a low acidity. The fruit can be used in its entirety, including the peel and pulp. Delicate white and purple tinted flowers send a fresh aromatic invitation to enjoy the moment. Much more cold hardy than other lemons, are densely foliaged compact habit, moderately vigorous, and small to medium tree, spreading and nearly thornless.

Prune to maintain shape and remove dead or diseased branches. (Remove any sucker growth). Citrus is heavy feeders, requiring regular feeding with a Citrus fertiliser and/or manure (3-4 times annually). Apply a good layer of mulch in spring and autumn to keep weeds at bay and help with moisture retention. Spray alternatively and regularly with an organic copper spray and an organic oil spray. This will prevent insects and fungal diseases.

Harvest the fruit when this turns a lighter yellow but is still firm. Ripen fruit at room temperature and is ready to eat when it develops its fragrance and softens just a little to the touch.

Prune at the end of winter to maintain shape, apply a good mulch and fertilise with a fertiliser high in potassium over spring and autumn.

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Citrus Hybrid ‘Meyer’

Citrus Tahitian Lime

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Tahitian Lime has an almost round pale, medium-sized greenish-yellow fruit with yellow/green juicy pulp. It has a distinct lime aroma and flavour. Less bitter and has a more subtle citrus flavour. Tahitian limes are seedless. A vigorously hardy tree with drooping branches, nearly thorn free. Use fruit in garnishes, drinks and juicing and dressings. Tahitian Lime can be planted in any garden or suitable for a large container so that you can appreciate the fragrant flowers and fruit.

Our, Getting the best from your Citrus expert advice page, provides more information on Citrus care.

Citrus Latifolia