It’s important to know how to prune a lemon tree if you want a healthy plant abundant with zesty fruit. Lemon trees are a popular addition to patios, and make delightful house plants in conservatories ...

The best time to prune a lemon tree is right after all the fruit has been harvested, which can vary depending on your USDA zone. However, it typically happens in later winter or early spring.

Lemon trees need to be regularly fed to promote healthy fruit production. “Feed [your lemon tree] monthly with a fertilizer fit for citrus trees and fruits during spring and summer,” Sons recommends.

Concerning the weather, lemon trees typically are suited for horticultural zones 9-12, which is quite removed from our zone 7, so you are right to bring them indoors for the winter.

Green, as in the color of leafy lemon herb plants, particularly lemon balm, which is the herb gardeners pick as herb of the year for 2007.

Add the apricots, cherries and lemon verbena leaves. Simmer 3 to 4 minutes, just until the fruit is almost tender yet still firm.

Typically, a Meyer lemon needs less fertilizer than an orange tree due to its smaller size but will still need 1.5 to 2 pounds of nitrogen per year, which could be 5 to 7 pounds of fertilizer each ...

Meyer Lemon: Meyers are actually a hybrid of lemons and mandarin oranges. They offer sweeter, less acidic fruit and the trees are more compact, making them ideal for containers and indoor growing.