Hello all! I am a first time homeowner with land, woohooo. I have been so excited that I can plant things now.

Anywho I ordered some dwarf trees, lemon, lime, and orange; in the catalogs they have them in pots that you can even buy as a package with the plants. So I was wondering do they survive in the yard? Because it talks about taking them in for winter and all. I believe my zone is 8 but I have seen it listed as 9 in some books so I don't know for sure which but its southeastern GA.

And is it hard to pollionate the trees? Or are they self pollinating? Thanks in advance. I will probally have way more questions soon.:confused:

depends on the variety, but everything I've read states most citrus are self pollinating.

I would be very careful where you order your citrus from. You want to use a well known company. Last thing you want is to get a tree and have nothing but problems... if you even get them. I've heard so many horror stories about shipments.

As long as you dont go below 40 degrees (and not for extended time periods), the citrus would do pretty good outside year round. if in a safe area for growing citrus, I'd plant right in the ground. You'll get larger trees, more productive. Not to say citrus in pots dont do incredibly well.

I'm truly jealous. I would kill to own my own home wiht land... esspecially in a warm area so I could have my own citrus grove in my yard. I'm in a rental house in canada... but.. I do have a mini grove started. 7 citrus trees, all in pots in my spare bedroom (its kinda like a sun room too) lemon, limes, calamondins, limequats.... just a bunch. plus a few non citrus.


I wish you the best of luck!!!!

And is it hard to pollionate the trees? Or are they self pollinating?

citrus pollination is both interesting and confusing. Citrus_canuck is right to say most citrus do not need pollination to produce fruit. Pollination is necessary however to produce seeds and most citrus are "self compatible
" which means they can produce their own pollen. Other varities such as mandarins and pummelo are partially "self incomopatible" meaning that these citrus trees will produce MORE fruit if another pollinizer(different variety) is nearby.

Thanks for the info. I feel like such a newbie when it comes to gardening after spending years in apartments with little to no room for anything.