I have several dwarf citrus trees. I do have a Meyer Lemon and it's very easy to grow. I keep it outside during the growing season. They can take quite a bit of cool temps and actually need a cold snap to set buds. A sunny window will do for the winter though it will probably drop a good bit of foliage but it grows back in the spring. I have to thin the fruit. It is a small tree and can't support as many as it produces. I usually limit it to 3 and even then sometimes end up with snapped branches. The Variegated Pink Lemon is reasonably small and the fruit is smaller so you can keep more on the tree without any damage. Besides that it has beautiful foliage and nice tasting fruit. I don't have a key lime but the care is likely the same. The fruit is small so you can keep more on the tree. I have Kaffir lime because I use the leaves for Thai cooking. It's a pretty tree with unusual looking fruit. The only citrus that I'm disappointed with is the Buddha's Hand citron. Mine will not hold fruit and the blooms have no scent : ( I really don't care much if they produce fruit or not I just like the smell of the flowers.

Karyn you could not support the branches somehow so they will not break off and you could let more fruit grow?

Lucy

There's probably some way to make a support. My tree is smaller then average but it holds on to a lot of fruit. Most citrus will abort quite a bit of fruit at an early stage but my Meyer likes to hold on to them. This tree is only about 18" tall and would hold onto 30 lemons.

Thanks. The reason I was asking is because fruit is on sale at logees this week. I think I am going to wait anyways. You made a post about figs before, right? Figs are part of the sale too. The promo code is EMAIL. Let me know if you want me to forward the email with the list of sale itmes to you.
Shawn

Shawn, I also have a meyer lemon. It's going on 8 years old now. It goes outside in the summer, in a sunny window the rest of the year, reliably flowers and sets fruit every year and makes me very happy. It's about 5' tall, I've trimmed it back a bit on occasion to keep it from being too wide. I usually get around 7 lemons, depending on the year. Right now it's out and flowering, the butterflies and bees are loving it.

I almost got me one, but said I wait till next year since we bought a lot of citrus trees at Lowes this year. Kristy,Pat and I lol

Karyn I am glad you mentioned that they drop fruit early on. I thought I am doing something wrong.

Lucy