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Rutaceae
Lemon Blossom
Citrus limon
Fidelity and purification.
- Family
- Rutaceae
- Genus
- Citrus
- Native to
- South Asia, Northeast India, Myanmar
- Bloom season
- Spring, Summer
- Type
- tree
- Height
- 10-20 ft
- Sunlight
- full sun
- Soil
- well-drained, slightly acidic, sandy loam
- Water
- moderate
- Hardiness
- 9-11
- Lifespan
- perennial
Did you know
- Lemon trees can bloom and fruit simultaneously, often showing flowers, green fruit, and ripe fruit at the same time.
- The flowers are intensely fragrant and a single tree can perfume an entire garden or courtyard.
- Lemon blossom essential oil, called neroli, is extremely expensive and prized in perfumery.
- Arab traders introduced lemons to the Mediterranean around the 1st century AD.
- In the Victorian language of flowers, lemon blossoms represented fidelity in love.
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