Meyer Lemon Tree

The Meyer Lemon tree is a popular lemon tree cultivar that is planted in gardens or in pots and containers for growing indoors in the north, and of course, the pots can be moved outside after winter-season. The Meyer lemon rootstock is a dwarf plant called sour orange, or the trifoliate orange tree, that is slow growing, and this slow growth imparts a cold hardiness into the Meyer's lemon as well as other citrus like kumquat, satsuma orange trees, and grapefruit plants. The Meyer's Lemon fruit does not grow large like the Ponderosa lemon. The fruit size growing a plum size that is easily marketed in grocery stores.

Not only is the Meyer's Lemon tree an evergreen tree, but it is everbearing and provides the grower a fresh crop of fragrant flowers that are followed by fruit after the lemons are harvested from the tree. The Meyer Lemon tree crop ripens unevenly, and therefore, fresh lemons are available to be picked all year. The Meyer Lemon tree is cold hardy down to temperatures of 15 degrees, and lower temperatures will cause defoliation that can regrow once normal temperatures are reached. Buy a Meyer's Lemon tree to satisfy that taste urge for citrus or some sour fruit.