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Citrus-Lemon limon 'Santa Teresa'


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Citrus limon 'Santa Teresa' is highly productive with medium sized fruit with a high acid content perfect for making limoncello.


Description:
Citrus limon 'Santa Teresa' is the most popular of Italian lemons. It is highly productive with medium sized fruit with a characteristic nipple at the end hence the descriptor "feminello". It has a high acid content perfect for making limoncello. All of our citrus are grafted onto C-35 citrange, trifoliate orange, or other semi-dwarfing rootstock which confer good hardiness and production while reducing overall tree size. Photo courtesy of Wikipedia.


Common Name: Feminello Lemon - [Citrus Pre-Order]

Family: Rutaceae (The Citrus Family)

Zone Hardiness: 9-11

Light: Full Sun

Height: 4-6'

Width: 3-5'

Primary Bloom Colour: White/Cream

Secondary Bloom Colour: Yellow

Class: Evergreen

Type: Shrub

Bloom Time: Spring - Summer

Soil Moisture: Average, Dry

Stem Colour:

Fragrance: Yes

Berries: Yes

Berries: Yellow

Benefits: Bees

Deer Resistant: Unknown

BC Native: No

Native Habitat:

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Geogrpahical Origin: Asia and the Pacific - Asia - China and Japan

Miscellaneous - Garden Origin

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