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The pittosporum flower weevil (Aneuma rubricale) is a parasite that feeds on the underside of the lemonwood leaves. This parasite does not kill the lemonwood it just damages the leaves through its feeding. The holes the weevils eat in the leaves are visible because the leaf reacts causing a dark brownie purple ring to form around the hole.
Oemona hirta, the lemon tree borer, also known as the whistling beetle or the singing beetle, is a longhorn beetle endemic to New Zealand. [1] Its larvae are generalist feeders, boring into the wood of a wide variety of trees, native and introduced.
Acronychia acidula, commonly known as lemon aspen or lemon wood, [2] is a species of small to medium-sized rainforest tree that is endemic to Queensland. It has simple, elliptical leaves, small groups of flowers in leaf axils and more or less spherical fruit. The aromatic and acidic fruit is harvested as a bushfood.
A citrus tree expert reveals how to grow a lemon tree in a pot, including getting the plant to produce fruit.
The Lemon Tree Borer, Oemona hirta, is a common agricultural pest that damages grape vines in vineyards and citrus trees. Thus it serves a vital horticultural purpose and is responsible for keeping the Lemon Tree Borer populations contained. In Auckland alone nearly 10–20% of the Lemon Tree Borer's have been found to host the wasp's larvae. [11]
Typically, people will purchase a lemon tree from a nursery because they've already done half the work for you—those trees are likely several years old and well on their way to producing fruit.
Lemon cypress trees naturally maintain a pyramidal shape as they grow and rarely need pruning. However, if your plants produce a few wayward stems, you can always snip them away with clean pruning ...
Aloysia citrodora, lemon verbena, is a species of flowering plant in the verbena family Verbenaceae, native to South America. Other common names include lemon beebrush . [ 2 ] It was brought to Europe by the Spanish and the Portuguese in the 17th century and cultivated for its oil.