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Originally Posted by coconutmama
We had a lime tree that we planted in our yard. It did not do well. Pulled it out.
Bought another & planted it in a pot inside our birdcage, on wheels. Bring it inside our glassed in lanai for hurricanes & cold winters, when we get those 20-30 degree nights. Have had it for several years now. Fun to grow, but it is much less expensive to just buy our limes in the store! Don’t need a second tree to cross pollinate. Good luck & have fun
As a side note, bottlebrush & other trees/bushes grow very large. Please plant away from the house or you will be sorry, between squirrels & the leaves/ plant droppings damaging your roof.
I like the pergola idea for shade
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We are dilettantes. A mistake and you rip it out or for some, hire someone to rip it out.
Imagine if your income depended on it and after your crop is in what you will be paid for it.
As far as a pollinator, some fruits will self pollinate others will yield more or better fruit with a pollinator. For some of us the pollinator can be a neighbors tree.
For many, they look so pretty at the box store or garden center. All should read before they plant. I used to have a great collection of peonies. They sell them every spring in the box stores. It is simply too hot here to grow them.