Comment by Ellen Peavey on May 12, 2012 at 7:57am

Hi Kimberly, that is really a good picture, really like the lemons on it they look like limes at first glance. Our two tree have flowers no fruit yet, have moved them down to get more sun and made a permanent place on top of some bricks. How old is your tree?

Comment by Kimberly Bollinger McCargo on May 12, 2012 at 12:05pm

I just bought the tree when I was in Florida visiting my family in March.  I am not sure how old it was but it was in a 3 gal container.  I was looking for a Meyer's "Improved" Lemon Tree (my friend wanted that variety which is another cross with I think a mandarin orange) but could not find one and my Mom found these at a small nursery.   There was already lemon's on this tree.  I brought back 2 for my friends.  I gave the ones without lemon's to my friends because I was afraid that transplanting it with so much fruit would cause it to die but mine has done well so far.  This is my first attempt at citrus even though I grew up in Florida.  Yours look great...How long have you had them?

Comment by Ellen Peavey on May 12, 2012 at 9:10pm

Hi Kimberly we have had both of the tree's for a year one was covered in flowers the other smaller one nothing on it yet, these are better pictures and moved off of the porch into the full sun

Comment by Kimberly Bollinger McCargo on May 24, 2012 at 4:24pm

They look great...Hope the ones with flowers turn into lots of fruit

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Comment by Ellen Peavey on May 24, 2012 at 4:30pm

Hi Kimberly  the one bigger one already has small lemons on it the smaller one not yet, waiting on the fig tree now.  Ellen from Georgia

Comment by Bob Billings on June 3, 2012 at 6:34pm

Kimberly, My wife's grandparents had a lemon tree for over 50 years. Her grand dad would bring it in every fall and take it out to the garden every spring. The tree produced the most wonderful lemons. Then in their late 80's they died and the oldest son took the lemon tree home. He tried to care for it just like his father had but the tree died a year later. I have always contended that the lemon tree missed its original owners so much it went off to rest with them.

Comment by Ellen Peavey on June 4, 2012 at 7:52am

Hi Bob that is a good story and some times people just can't care for a plant they way the original person does maybe no love for the plant. We keep ours inside during the winter and out in the spring. Mine is the smaller one the big one already has lemons on it       Ellen

Comment by Bob Billings on June 4, 2012 at 5:10pm

I agree.....some treat the lemon tree oh so nice, yours looks terrific. 

Comment by Ellen Peavey on June 4, 2012 at 7:13pm

Hi Bob mine is two years old and still no lemons I got it really small 4 inches but my son in law bought his at the flea market. His already had blossoms on it mine didn't, we also have a fig tree in the back yard             Ellen

Comment by Kimberly Bollinger McCargo on June 4, 2012 at 9:22pm

Bob...I hope that my lemon tree lasts that long.  I hope to be able to take care of it through the winter. I haven't kept any plant except a house plant through the wintertime. 

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