Lemon tree
Lemon tree: Sowing, planting and harvest calendar
The common lemon tree is a small evergreen member of the Rutaceae family, generally named Citrus × limon. It belongs to the citrus group, whose cultivated forms have a history of hybridisation. Its appeal combines three quite different features: year-round foliage, fragrant flowers and fruit with strongly acidic juice. Lemon varieties differ in their branching habit, thorniness and the pattern in which their fruits develop through the year.The leaves are oval to elongated, dark green when mature and paler underneath. Young growth may be tinged with red or purple before turning green. Shoots often carry thorns, although their prominence depends on the variety and the age of the growth. The crown can become fairly open and spreading. In grafted trees, the rootstock also influences vigour and eventual size, so the variety name alone does not describe the entire tree.Flower buds often show purple colouring. Open flowers are predominantly white, sometimes…
