Winter season can be tough for Orange Trees and although many are cold-hardy, they still need protection from the freezing weather. It is essential to educate yourself on how cold temperature affects your Orange or Citrus trees. Orange Trees can withstand temperatures between 35 to 55 degrees Fahrenheit. Trees that are bearing fruit can endure… Read more »
Lemon or Citrus Limon is a cold-hardy subtropical tree that is popular among commercial and home growers. The tree may be used as an accent to a beautifully landscaped lawn because of its evergreen foliage and ever-present blooms, while the Lemon fruits can be used for numerous food and beverage preparations. With its many uses… Read more »
Lemon trees are fun and easy trees to grow. Not only do they bear edible fruits with numerous uses, but they can also be planted as ornamental trees to beautify the landscape, provide shade during hot weather, and act as a natural air freshener to your entire garden. Maintaining the good health and wonderful shape… Read more »
The Lemon tree can adapt to almost any type of soil excluding those of heavy clay. The ideal soil for this tree is a rich and well-drained sandy loam. Drained loam or Sandy Loam is the soil typically used for gardening because it produces more nutrients and moisture that can help the tree to grow… Read more »
Lemon Lime trees are popular citrus trees grown worldwide for commercial use and personal gardening. They are grown mostly for their juicy, tart (sometimes lightly sweet) fruit that can be used for making alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages, baking cakes and pastries, making candies, concocting vinaigrettes, making marinades, and even cleaning the house. With the many… Read more »
Citrus fruits are a good-tasting nutritious food that we should have at home especially now that a cold virus is infecting many people all over the world. Citrus fruits contain vitamins and minerals with antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and immune system boosting properties that can help our body fight off diseases. Lemon and Lime When we hear… Read more »
The origin of most citrus trees grown in the United States is the temperate or tropical parts of the globe like Asia. The same is true for the dwarf Meyer Lemon tree. It is indigenous to China and was first introduced to the United States in 1908. It is a cross between an orange and… Read more »
Most people who eat a lot of organic food swear that organic food, especially product like citrus fruit and dairy products, taste much better than other food. Here’s why…
Lime and lemon trees are both members of genus Citrus and many of them have thorns. However, the presence of thorns on lime and lemon trees is natural and no cause for alarm. In truth, the evolution of thorns on citrus trees, like those on Key lime and Meyer lemon trees, is very similar to… Read more »
The Citrus Tangerina, or Tangerine, is a slightly smaller, sweeter, and easier to peal relative of the orange. Tangerines gets their name from Tangiers, Morocco from where they were first shipped. They are a hybrid of Citrus Reticulada and the Mandarin Orange. Tangerine trees are more cold resistant than their other citrus relatives, however, they… Read more »
Lemons are typically thick-skinned, tart, acidic and small, but not the lemons from the Improved Meyer lemon tree. Meyer lemon trees produce thin, deep-yellow to orange skinned fruits that are somewhat sweet with a moderately acidic taste minus the tang of regular lemons and with a discernable orange flavor. Origin Meyer lemon trees are originally… Read more »
