We planted what we thought was a lime tree around 10 years ago. Now we have a 20-foot-tall, nicely shaped tree bearing an unknown fruit.

Garden If life gives you a lemon tree Winter bliss: Cape rough-skin is the oldest variety of lemon in the country and is thought to have come from St Helena four centuries ago. Picture: Lukas Otto.

A lemon tree is a sub-tropical plant and, in its natural habitat, its fruit is green and slightly acidic, which later develops flavour and yellow colour. The fruit is picked before maturity to ...

Two large potted lemon trees are being used to deter rough sleepers along Fremantle’s iconic Cappuccino Strip. Roel Loopers Local Roel Loopers said the site had become a blight on the landscape ...