Lemon Trees
We have a stunning range of lemon trees for sale. All can be ordered online and sent as gifts directly to recipients or to your home. All our lemon tress are sold with care instructions and are grown to very high standards. Order online and choose your delivery date. Our lemon trees are ideal as a gift and come with a decorative pot and card.
The 2 best varieties of lemon trees to grow in the UK are Lemon4seasons and Lemon Meyers.
Both types will fruit well in our climate and take temperatures down to -1C. In our experience the Lemon4seasons, (also known as Eureka), is slightly easier going and tolerates lower light levels producing fruits and flowers on and off all year round. Lemon Meyers on the other hand, tend to be slightly fussier about their care and produce slightly smaller, sweeter fruits with lots of fruits. Lemon Meyers tend to crop more heavily but only once or twice a year with a dense crop of flowers in the spring and their main harvest of fruits around Chistmas time. Although Lemon Meyers are the variety with the RHS award of merit in our opinion the Lemon4seasons is a better and more rewarding variety for most gardeners in the UK.
Alongside these 'classic' lemons there are also some great lemon hybrids including lemon purshas, lemon lyvias and limequats that will produce smaller, sweeter fruits than a traditional lemon and are great for growing on a windowsill or patio.
Buy Lemon Trees Online - Great as Gifts or for Yourself
Our range of stunning lemon trees, including our mini lemon trees, are incredible to give as a gift to your family, friend, neighbour or work colleague; or are a lovely little treat for yourself! We have a huge range available from baby lemon trees to the famous Japanese citrus tree: yuzu. Lemon trees bring a piece of the Mediterranean into your home, garden or patio with their fresh scent, beautifully bright colours and sweet yet sharp fruits.
Our small and large lemon trees for sale are exceptionally high quality, either grown on site or sourced from the best specialist nurseries, these are trees that will go on and thrive year after year.
Fruiting Lemon Trees
There’s nothing quite as refreshing as the taste of lemon made into freshly squeezed lemonade or over your favourite seafood dish. That’s why gifting a lemon tree for an anniversary gift, birthday gift, Christmas gift or thank you gift is a perfect choice. Our frequently fruiting lemon trees are fairly easy to care for and will thrive in a sunny room or on a patio in the UK.
When buying our lemon trees online, you always get your plant delivered with a decorative pot and you can add a personal message in our stylish greetings card. Choose the day you want your lemon tree delivery, and we will make it happen.
Buy Meyer Lemon Trees Online
Meyer lemon trees are a cross between a lemon and a mandarin orange which gives them a lovely sweet-tart flavour. Growing Meyer lemon trees is a rewarding experience as they are abundant fruit producers, and their white blossoms are incredibly fragrant alongside the shiny dark foliage. They make a beautiful ornamental tree with the bonus of tasty fruits as well!
Meyer lemon trees make the perfect gift for green-fingered friends or those who enjoy the challenge of something a bit different to brighten up their home, patio, or garden. Get your Meyer lemon trees delivered directly to you or to a loved one’s door with a decorative pot and gift card now.
Small Lemon Trees
Small and miniature lemon trees are an ideal plant for kitchen, living room or dining room windowsills where they can soak up as much sunlight as possible. Lemon trees crossed with kumquats or clementines produce much smaller but still tasty fruits and have a neater shape with smaller leaves. Perfect for flats and appartments or even for a sunny balcony, add a small lemon tree to your kitchen and reap the mini fruits for cocktails and drinks! You'll be suprised how super easy citrus trees can be to care for and are they make an ideal housewarming gift, thank you gift or birthday gift.
Frequently Asked Questions
Are all lemon trees identical?
A common question but the answer is no, there are lots of different varieties of lemon trees and lemon trees can be crossed with other varieties to make hybrid citrus trees. All the lemon trees that we sell are grafted trees which means they will fruit reliably even when the plant is still young. The way the trees are grafted and the root stock they are grafted on, will also affect the size, the shape and the way the tree grows. The most popular and common varieties to grow in the UK are lemon Meyers and Lemon4seasons (also known as Garey’s Eureka). Lemon4seasons produce the classic lemon with thick skin and a pointed end that we typically buy in the shops. Lemon Meyers have a neater habit and a smaller rounder, juicier lemons that are prized by chefs. We also sell dwarf Lara and Lyvia lemons which are a cross between a lemon and a kumquat and some more unusual relatives of the Lemon family including Citrons, Bergamots and Yuzus.
Why should I have a lemon tree?
At Plants4Presents we love a lemon tree, what can beat picking your own lemons fresh from the tree? As well as their tasty harvest these evergreen trees are handsome plants in their own right, producing gorgeous fragrant blossom off and on throughout the year. In fact one of the nicest things about lemon trees is because they have such a long fruiting season, there is almost always something to look at all year round from spring blossom and embryonic fruits in March to ripe yellow fruits in the depths of winter. Lemon trees are by far our most popular citrus tree and are a great way to bring a slice of the Mediterranean in to your home.
Do you sell citrus feed?
Yes we do, our winter citrus feed will help supply your plants with essential nutrients to built healthy fruits and foliage from September to February and our summer citrus feed has the same essential nutrients but an extra does of nitrogen to help support the extra growth in the summer months.
I don't have a lot of room for plants or trees, can I still have a lemon tree?
Yes, size limitations are always a consideration when purchasing new plants. We offer young meyer lemon trees and lara lemons which are ideal for smaller spaces such as kitchens or windowsills or even balconies. These plants have lower graft points and are on dwarf root stock so they stay a manageable size and produce plentiful fruits on just a small bush.
Where are your lemon trees grown?
Our youngest lemon trees and bush shaped Meyers are grown in the UK but the majority of our larger trees are imported directly from a cooperative of nurseries in Sicily that we have worked with for many years.
What are Meyer lemon trees?
Meyer lemon trees are a variety that was bred and named by Frank Meyer in the states in the early 1900s. It’s believed to have a mandarin orange in it’s parentage which explains why the fruits are so sweet and tasty and the way they almost turn orange when fully ripe. They are a particularly hardy variety that if kept on the dry side have been known to withstand temperatures as low as -5C. They grow well in the ground in California but they also have a long history of doing well in pots in the UK and New Zealand and they hold the prestigious RHS Award of Garden Merit. A great variety for a chef, the fruits are truly delicious and are a variety no citrus collection should be without.
