How lovely to have lemons!
This year I'll have lots of pink lemons with striped skins and pretty variegated foliage. I have two varieties, 'Ponderosa' and 'Eureka' -- both are variegated foliage, striped skin, pink fleshed lemons and I honestly couldn't tell the difference if they weren't in different pots. The 'Eureka' was purchased several years ago to replace the 'Ponderosa', which fell victim to the record frosts of the 2010-2011 winter. I'm glad I didn't dig it up and toss it because a year later it began sending shoots out and is now loaded with lemons. It's nice to have two bearing trees.
My Mexican lime tree was covered with beautiful blossoms earlier in the year but it appears that the snails ate every one -- I don't have any limes at all now. The 'Mr. Mac' satsuma was zapped in the 2010-2011 frosts and while it has sent out lots of new growth, I fear that it is from the rootstock onto which the hybrid was grafted. I think a kind of bitter orange is often used for rootstock -- I'll just have to wait and see. Meanwhile, there are no blooms at all. No limes and no satsumas but oh, such lovely lemons!
How lovely to have lemons!
This year I'll have lots of pink lemons with striped skins and pretty variegated foliage. I have two varieties, 'Ponderosa' and 'Eureka' -- both are variegated foliage, striped skin, pink fleshed lemons and I honestly couldn't tell the difference if they weren't in different pots. The 'Eureka' was purchased several years ago to replace the 'Ponderosa', which fell victim to the record frosts of the 2010-2011 winter. I'm glad I didn't dig it up and toss it because a year later it began sending shoots out and is now loaded with lemons. It's nice to have two bearing trees.
My Mexican lime tree was covered with beautiful blossoms earlier in the year but it appears that the snails ate every one -- I don't have any limes at all now. The 'Mr. Mac' satsuma was zapped in the 2010-2011 frosts and while it has sent out lots of new growth, I fear that it is from the rootstock onto which the hybrid was grafted. I think a kind of bitter orange is often used for rootstock -- I'll just have to wait and see. Meanwhile, there are no blooms at all. No limes and no satsumas but oh, such lovely lemons!