Citrus limon syn. Citrus x limonia

#giantswallowtailcaterpillar #caterpillars on the #citrustrees

Jealous!

#happinessis #butterflies laying eggs to make more butterflies ... lol my #lemontree is always a #swallowtailbutterfly-nursery #swallowtailbutterfly #inmotion #inflight #layingeggs

great moments

Sure is Dyan @sinukarta thank you

#trimming #cleaningup the #lemontree looks kinda sad really... proud of it tho. #grownfromseed #containergrown #recycled-fridge

Oh Cyndi, it looks fine 👍 Much better shape 😊

I trimmed the base of it as well Jeff @jeatacake thank you I do still need to feed it but after it attacked me I told it to f off feed ya another day lol

Ha ha ha! You're welcome.

#trimming the #lemontree man that sucker bites back. #viciousthorns #thorns

Ouch..

Yeap had one go directly under my middle finger nail Judy @ripjuju still hurts

I remember that from when I had one years ago. Those thorns are evil 😧

My finger still hurts where jabbed directly under my nail deep too Jeff @jeatacake crazy medieval torture plant lol

That is sooo painful!

Ouch!

I'm gonna catch the giant grasshopper and I'm gonna cook him over an open flame slowly very slowly... d*mn rat b***ard . Poor #lemontree

OMG I didn't think any insect would touch the leaves on these 😔

Grasshoppers def do Jeff @jeatacake just usual not this bad. It's a giant(to me anyway) grasshopper evil I tell ya just evil.. hope my leaves come back.

Oh no , little 🤬🤬🤬

Must have been a lot of them, like a swarm of locusts. I'm sure they'll grow back & fast. It certainly seems happy otherwise in that spot 👍

Yeap I hate them. Destructive bad pest Julie @juliesgarden

This lemon tree is growing in an old fridge Jeff @jeatacake grown from seed hope they do.

It must like to keep its feet cool! 😁👍

Snort buwahaha laughing so hard right now... Jeff @jeatacake roflmao to funny ...

😁😁😁😁

Oh no 😩😤🤬

Yea it looks tragic Ange @anges lol keeping my fingers crossed that it fights back and grows stronger

One of my many #grownfromseed #citrus #trees #fruittree #newgrowth #gyo #growyourown #freshisbest I hope my oldest one actually flowers and sets a few fruit this year.. it should be the right time.. or close anyways..

My #lemontree that was #grownfromseed that almost died the year it snowed for 5 days (not a normal for my #southgeorgia area) has made a huge #comeback with lots of #newgrowth it lost its height it had but thats ok it will regrow height wise. Im so proud of all my grown from seed #fruittrees

It's doing great!

Fantastic Cyndi 👍 Maybe fruit next year, or flowers at least 🤞

Thanks Katy @gjones im so happy about this.. ill count it a true success once i see fruit and flowers

Thanks Jeff @jeatacake im hoping so

Most welcome Cyndi 😊

My #lemontree #grownfromseed has #huge #thorns

#ratb*stard #busted #grasshopper #ifeellike-murder lol jk jk

You can't give him flying lessons! What did you do?

Gave him a good thump with my middle finger. @KariSamuel if I felt like fishing I would have caught it in my cricket trap

Bwahaha... *flick* 🦗

Flick hard With fuck you grasshopper lol @karisamuel

#lemontree #appletree #elephantears #lilies #spearmint #silktree and prob a few other things as my jungle keeps growing. Tad messy ohhh well.. Its mine. Lemon tree has bounced back from the near snow death it had still not near as tall as it was but its got loads of #newgrowth on her. She was #grownfromseed a #fruittree and one day or year soon she will bloom. Takes forever to get fruit from seed grown fruit trees but worth it to try anyways cus #foodforfutureuse plus growing more trees is 👍

Good for your health and the planets.

You’re so ambitious Cyndi

Who cares if it's messy? I don't, mines pretty messy too. But they're ours and we love them so they're perfect. ❤

I love trying even if i fail least i tried @sharonhayden

Thanks @lesliecole49 it does get better every year tho lol

I like how this looks. People in the rural areas here tend to have elephant ears planted in wet parts of their yards. The leaves and bulbs are eaten.

Thank you Susan @novicegardenlover im trying to make a jungle I think... 😊😂 yea I keep getting told that but I don't this is the edible type..

They haven't bothered mine yet either, Susan @novicegardenlover but they're in a pot. Once they go in the ground, that could be a different story!

Sorry Leslie. I meant that we eat the tubers of a couple varieties as a ground provision and we cook the leaves too. But good to know that the pests aren't nibbling @lesliecole49

#swallowtailcaterpillar s on my #lemontree #hostplant

My #lemontree with a #butterfly fluttering around laying #eggs #swallowtailbutterfly she was quite busy and wouldnt stay still long sorry not good pics

Cyn, where are you putting all these plants, you must be taking over the neighbourhood 🤣🤣

Lol in my yard on all sides some are in containers some are sharing space... @jaynehynesburton

What are the sharing space Cyn, the whole state 🤣😘

Buwahahaha to funny @jaynehynesburton

#lemontree #grownfromseed has loads of #newgrowth im still sad that the year b4 last yrs snow killed it back almost all way but im thrilled that shes now double her width she was and shes growing better.

Started from seed use to be bigger but we got snow one year @midgetwizard click on pic and scroll 👉🏻

Since the #transplant to its largest container the #lemontree #grownfromseed has put on loads of #newgrowth very happy.

@cyndi.. your plants are so nice...❤️❤️🌸🍀

It loves your climate 😍

Thank you very much Nancy @nancyanne

It also loves its newer bigger pot and the compost i gave it too Laura @columbiariver lol

Love the new growth on these 👌💛

#lemontree #grownfromseed it its new container thats twice the size of what it was b4.

It's doing great!

Looks fantastic! 🍋

Thank you both @gjones @KariSamuel im very proud of it!

One of my #grownfromseed #lemontree has lots of #newgrowth

Looking good

Thanks Nikki @nikkicasas

Lovely

Thanks Susan @novicegardenlover

That's doing really well!

Its come back really good since last year i thought the snow killed it completely. I lost a lot of the height of it. But at least its come back for me. @gjones thank you

A #swallowtailcaterpillar and a #swallowtail-chrysalis and a #tinysnail on the #lemontree and its #container

I don't like slimers but that little guy is so cute 🐌

Me either but was so tiny and so cute I couldnt kill it... @daisy-jane

This was #amazing my phone got hot so I couldn't take more of it process.. #butterfly #chrysalis #newborn #giantswallowchrysalis #giantswallowtailbutterfly #swallowtailbutterfly i wish I could have gotten more pics of this... On my #lemontree #hostplant

Wow!!!💘😍

Thanks @ShelleySnyder

My pleasure Cyn!💘😍

Wow 😱

Thanks @higuy

#giantswallowtailcaterpillar on a #lemontree #hostplant

I remember seeing these before. Caterpillars. disguised as bird poop. Brilliant strategy! 😁

Mother nature sure is amazing in her creature designs Jeff @jeatacake

#giantswallowtailbutterfly #layingeggs on my #lemontree

#babycats #caterpillars #wildlife #wildlifewednesday on one of my many #citrustrees #giantswallowtailcaterpillar

#swallowtail-chrysalis #chrysalis on my #lemontree #whoohoo

#caterpillar sporting #waterdrop #jewels its a super #tiny one I'm surprised I got such a clear pic of it. #swallowtailcaterpillar on one of my #citrustree

such an ugly to produce beauty

So it true Terry @moore.794 lol

Being ugly probably keeps it alive🐛

It does kim @kimguy and older it gets more bird poop looking it gets too hahaha

#nomnomnom #giantswallowtailcaterpillar #hostplant #wildlife #wildlifewednesday

#giantswallowtailcaterpillar doing its thing lol #hostplant #wildlife #wildlifewednesday

It's a little gross Cyndi

Lol Laura @columbiariver does look like bird poop.

#giantswallowtailcaterpillar-eggs on my #lemontree #closeup very #tiny this is a #hostplant #citrus #hostplants #wildlife #wildlifewednesday

Well the #lemontree that I thought died during the weird winter we had sure is fighting to make a comback. If you scroll way back you can see how tall it was then it died all way back and started regrowing till now its this. So never give up hope.

Wow Cyn, impressive!💘😍

Thanks Shelley @shelleysnyder

Welcome Cyn!💘😍

Good little lemon tree. 🙌🏻

Aww thanks Yolandi @Yollymac

Wonderful & now thriving 👌

So far. Jeff @jeatacake i sure hope I get fruit next year even if its a few or even 2 lol im proud of all the fruit trees I grew from seed. Its a wondrous feeling of success even if I never get fruit. I grew trees lol

I know exactly what you mean Cyndi 👌😊🌲🌳🌴

That’s marvellous 😃🙌🍋

Thanks Jeff @jeatacake

Thank you Della @harebell

A #teenietiny baby #caterpillar on a #lemontreeleaf one day this will be a #beautiful #giantswallowtailbutterfly hard to image something so tiny can get so large and shaped so differently as if by magic xoxo good luck little one on this journey in your life.

#wildlife #giantswallowtailcaterpillar #tiny #creature #insect #bug

It is miraculous. ❤️

#caterpillars on my #lemontree #papilio-cresphontes #giantswallowtailcaterpillar #wildlifewednesday #wildlife #citrus #hostplant

What a strange one. Almost like a slug with legs! 😲

It looks like bird poop with legs to me Jeff @jeatacake lol

That's worse, lol! 😂

Lmao Jeff @jeatacake

They look like a shit of a bird 😀

The #lemontree is making a great #comeback and it has a little helper #prayingmantis #beneficialinsect #beneficialcritter #goodbug so #cute #wildlife

Love those critters

Me too Bill @BillWatson

Mother nature is unbelievable isn't she!!?💘😍

She sure is Shelley @shelleysnyder

A #dragonfly on a #lemontree

@cyndi Good shot! 👍👍👍

Thanks Tom @tkept

Brilliant picture 👌🏼

Thanks Lexi @lexijane

A #lemontree I swore was dead and gone so i put it in between 2 old oaks to decay away and what does it do??? #grow roflmao goes to show you never give up. Ill leave it there.

They can be surprisingly hardy. I’ve thought I’d done mine in twice in the last four years

The whole tree was dead I thought every branch snapped no give no green at all even real low near roots so very shocked to say the least. This is 2 grown from seeds now that did same thing @momasherri

#giantswallowtailcaterpillar on one of my #citrustree #lemontree #hostplant #caterpillar

Another #lemonstalk on my #lemontree has come up this is the one that looked completely dead no green left at all in main #trunk of #tree and now has multiple babies popping up on all sides. It was so tall #grownfromseed and was #devastated that winter/snow killed it. Im happy mother nature is gving me back my beloved tree. Xoxo

I love lemon trees! ❤️

Me too @daniels this was special to me a grown from seed that if it had not died back would have been ready to flower this year. I was excited about that and so devastated it died back. It was very tall and so healthy. But i couldnt protect it in our surprise 5 inches of snow we never ever get. Southern Ga its rare that it snows let alone that much.

So good news the #lemontree that I thought completely died is actually making a #comeback so im glad i didnt dig it all out. It will take a long while to get as tall as it was but ITS ALIVE!!!! #alive #thrilled

👍👍👍💘😍

Yay!

Fantastic Cyndi 👍👍

Thanks Y'all @shelleysnyder @lesliecole49 @pelly

Welcome Cyn!💘😍

#snowcover #citrustree #snow #winterstormgrayson

Snow and #citrus ? How will this effect it?

Not sure @lovestogarden will have to wait and see. Might be ok.

Where do you have this planted in your yard? Facing direction? Appears that it is next to your home or a shed?

Do you normally get snow?

@kari its in a blue barrel the roots are covered well and lower in the barrel was covered with sheet but wind took it mostly off the morning. Its in front of my trailer the side sun rises on. It has less snow on it than most my other plants outdoors. And no we dont Janice its very very very rare like last time anywhere close to this was dec 1989. This time was sleet then snow and more than that by few inches @lovestogarden

@KariSamuel this is one of 4 citrus trees in Dif stages of growth i have

Girl, I will keep my #fingerscrossed for it to rebound!

Thanks @KariSamuel ill be sad to lose any of them grew them from seeds and next year was most likely gonna finally see fruit hopefully on a few of them. Wish I would have had my greenhouse set up. So much for hopes and plans lol

#companionplanting #link #information for #citrus https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/fruits/citrus/citrus-tree-companions.htm

Its getting taller and taller. Im just letting it do its thing in the #recycled #fridge now made #tree #container has #plants under the tree. #wartsandall #bluesky#sunny #grownfromseed #update #died due to #snow and too much #cold it couldnt recover sad to see my biggest #grownfromseed #citrustree die.

You'll need a big ladder for when it gets lemons on it 😁👌🍋

Lol thats ok I truly do hope it produces even a few next year for me. @jeatacake

It would be great if it does 👍 Will it be ok outside all winter? I had one many years ago in a big pot. I brought it into the greenhouse for winter. Eventually, it got too big so i took a chance with it outside & yep, it died!

It should be ok we have milder winters here but can get nasty freezing. If i have to ill do as much wrapping with a blanket and bubble wrap or something else to help protect as much of it as possible. This almost died last year and survived now its this big and still growing so I have faith it will be ok. @jeatacake sorry yours died

You might need that ladder sooner if you get a cold snap, but hopefully not! No worries about that thing of mine. Had it about 8 years. Despite growing to about 7 ft+, it never flowered, never mind bore fruit, so it was no no great loss. At least I didn't get stabbed anymore by its 1 inch long spines that it had! 😁

They do have spines ..lol i def know its not a hybrid tree from seed at least. https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/fruits/citrus/thorns-on-citrus-trees.htm and Im proud that I got this to grow from a tiny seed. So bring on the torns lol. Ill figure it out on how to harvest safely hahaha @jeatacake

Lol Cyndi! 😁 How old is it now by the way?

6/7 years old maybe i cant remember right now might be older than that tho. @jeatacake

Think it should be ready for a lemon or 2 next year 🍋 🍋 👍

I hope so jeff i love fresh homemake lemonaide lol @jeatacake

Something I have never experienced, but maybe one day? 😁

Look who came to my yard and is laying more #eggs today on my #lemontree #giantswallowtailbutterfly #papilio-cresphontes she is beautiful?!!

@cyndi WOWZA!!💘😍

I couldnt get a close up she's so fast and she was at top of my lemon tree.. Lol @ShelleySnyder

Woah amazing 😍 yr pics are superb too 👌

Thanks Keely for such a wonderful compliment. I use my cellphone to take pics. And thanks @Keely

@cyndi great📷

Thanks @kimguy

Very pretty

Thanks @hillbillysgirl

Congrats!

Thanks Melissa @ofthought

How the heck did I miss this beauty?!?