Photo: photo by Michael Saalfeld (www.homecitrusgrowers.co.uk) — CC BY-SA 2.5 · source
Survives zone 7 through 9
Citrus as familiar. ⚠ Zanthoxylum = a numbing SPICE (husks), not a fruit.
- Hardiness
- Zone 7 to 9
- Habit
- Shrub
- Edible part
- Fruit
- Ripens
- Winter (citrus)
- Mature size
- EXCELLENT in containers — kumquat, Meyer lemon ideal for urban growing
- Light
- Full sun
- Soil pH
- 6.0–6.5 (slightly acid)
- Environment
- Montane subtropical
- Status
- Both wild and cultivated
- Years to fruit
- 2–3 yrs
- Pollination
- Most Citrus SELF-FERTILE (many parthenocarpic/seedless)