Cocktail Tree

Two of your favorite fruits combined into one planter! The Cocktail Tree (Citrus limon 'Meyer Improved', Citrus × aurantiifolia) combines two of our favorite Citrus into one container! The Improved Dwarf Meyer’s Lemon and the Mexican Key Lime are potted together and will grow together as one with time!

Imagine the pies, drinks and preserves you’ll be able to enjoy from this unique combo of trees! Easy to grow and mid-sized, you’ll see fruit within just a couple of years after planting since these great trees fruit between 3-5 years of age!

Fragrant white blossoms perfume the air and soon you’ll see your fruit developing amid the glossy green foliage! Enjoy both limes and lemons throughout the year for all your sweet and savory recipes and drinks!

Planting and Application:

These are easy-to-grow ornamental landscaping trees, grown together for a space-saving two-in-one combo! Cocktail Trees are best in any sunny site, in both front or back yard gardens! When maintained smaller, these trees can easily fit into container gardens, both indoors and out!

Tuck into any porch and balcony garden or into any existing orchard for some space-saving variety. Citrus trees are lovely to adorn your garden beds and landscape because of their many ornamental qualities!

• Fragrant white blooms & glossy green foliage
• Improved Dwarf Meyer Lemon & Key Lime grafted into one tree
• Mid-sized tree but can be pruned smaller
• Lovely landscaping tree for front and back, formal and informal gardens!
• Kept smaller as a tropical houseplant or container plant on patios and porches

#ProPlantTips for Care:

Combo high-density grown trees need just a touch of extra pampering. Provide this combo Citrus with a very sunny area with plenty of direct sunlight for the most fruit. Citrus like to dry out between waterings and do not like soggy soil at all! Keep your trees in a protected location and give them a regular schedule of fertilizer, feeding them an acid-loving formula according to package directions.

Protecting Citrus From Chill

Although Citrus can grow year-round in warmer regions (zones 9 and 10), they can also thrive in colder areas (zones 4 to 7) as long as the trees are brought indoors before the first frost of winter.

In zone 8, you can cover your tree in the event of a cold snap or unexpected overnight freeze. Citrus will need to be planted in a sheltered spot to avoid the worst of the chill, and not planted in a low area that collects cold air. If a spot like that is unavailable, or you are in a chill-prone climate, then you are safer planting Citrus Trees in a large, deep container with wheels to easily move them to a protected location or indoors when needed.

In cold growing zones, begin slowly acclimating your tree indoors in the fall, or into a protected location, eventually moving your tree inside. Indoor plants need a bright indirect sun window, greenhouse, sunroom, or enclosed patio for the winter. In spring, reverse this process and begin acclimating your tree to again be back out in the full sun all summer. This reduces stress and leaf drop.

• Full sun and moderate moisture
• Must have very well-drained slightly acidic soil
• Prune to size in late winter & provide regular fertilizer
• Always remove any dead, diseased branching and any shoots coming up by the roots
• See NatureHills.com’s Garden Blog for Citrus Tree Care information!

We love dual-purpose edible landscape plants that not only look beautiful in our garden but also grow delicious fruit! So why not add a Cocktail Tree with two fan-favorite types of Citrus fruit trees grown together? Order this unique tree today at NatureHills.com!