Results may vary - no kidding! About three months ago, my Mom bought three little plants, each about 6" high. She kept one, gave one to my Grama, and one to me. We all wanted to have a contest to see who could grow the best tree.
Mom's plant is about 18" tall now. It's beautiful, with dark green leaves, and more sprouting every day. Grama's tree is about 12" high, just as beautiful. Mine has not grown an inch. It's still 6" high - not more than two sticks with a grand total of 8 leaves. And my two sticks are flowering like crazy, and even producing little tiny lemons that grow to be about the size of your thumbnail before falling off.
Wonderful trees! We were a little doubtful because we live in Montana . . .but they've been a wonderful addition to us all.
Incidentally, which one of us is winning the contest??
- Monday, April 05, 2010
just received it and it already has fruit!
Reviewed By:
Rachel (Falls Church, Virginia)
I just received this (along with the dwarf orange and the dwarf blueberry plants) today, and the lemon plant has several blossoms on it, a few tiny (several mm long) lemons and one lemon that's 1 1/2" long! The blossoms smell incredible and I can't believe it's already producing fruit. The tree is about 12" tall and leafy; not one of those depressing bare root, dormant ones you sometimes get from places like this. (You can see pics of it and the orange and blueberry plants on my blog: http://artistaraquel.wordpress.com/2010/04/05/spring-break-projects/)
- Sunday, April 26, 2009
Smells Wonderful!
Reviewed By:
Jessica (Hobart, Indiana)
My plant is about 3-4 years old and the flowers that are blooming smell so great. I just can't get over how wonderful the aroma is when you walk past it or walk into the same room. So far the lemon tree is growing what looks like little lemons. They are green right now but of course are no where near being mature. I bring my tree in from outdoors when it gets pretty cold outside. If just for the aroma this plant is great! I can't wait until the lemons mature.
- Thursday, April 23, 2009
Love It!!
Reviewed By:
Cassie (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma)
I purchased this tree last year and it has been great! I have to move it in for the winter in my area. I place it under a grow blub during the day since it only gets sun in the morning. I've noticed it loses it's leaves when it needs water or if I water it too much. Once I found that balance it produces fruit like crazy. When I replant it I will mix in sand for easier drainage since I like to water weekly =)
- Saturday, April 18, 2009
Doing well
Reviewed By:
Beverly (Edenton, North Carolina)
I purchased this plant a couple of months ago and it is doing great. I found it very convenient to but the kit which came with more then enough potting soil and an adequate starter pot. It has produced several new leaves and looks very green and healthy. My plant gets plenty of light and all I have done is water it and rotate the pot a quarter turn for even growth once a week .
- Saturday, March 07, 2009
not good
Reviewed By:
Dorothy O'Donnell (Hermitage, Pennsylvania)
We received this tree in April of 2008 . It has not grown at all. It is barely still alive the leaves keep dropping off , but has produced four very small blossoms this month. For us a very poor plant. The lime tree we received at the same time is doing very well and growing as expected.
- Friday, March 27, 2009
Promising
Reviewed By:
Leifschon (Walkerton, IN)
I purchased my tree last April, it had one flower and I let it grow but my tree was not big enough to support it so it spent all summer growing a fruit I should have cut off and did not grow itself. Since it was inside all winter it did not grow much either but as of last week we have several new huge leaves (my son has pulled it from the pot several times too). So, all in all I think the plant is pretty hardy it has just had a rough start, but it has survived and beginning to thrive.
