re: Thinking about growing a lemon tree

Find a good healthy Meyer lemon tree from your local nursery. You can still plant - just keep it watered until established. I am a couple hours north of you and planted mine on the north side of the house in a bed next to the house. Still, I have to cover it and use lamps underneath the tarp to keep it warm when the temp dips below freezing. Even with this, the outer limb tips burn, but I prune them back in the Spring and the tree recovers. It was so cold this winter (a few nights in the mid teens) that mine appears to have used its energy to regenerate new growth rather than fruit. The thorns are pretty large and sharp as someone mentioned, but the lemons are great.

I have tried Satsumas but am just a bit too far north, and sadly, the cold got them. Nonetheless, it is rewarding to be able to at least grow a lemon.