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New Zealand Lemonade Tree

Can anyone tell where I can get a New Zealand Lemonade tree? Everywhere I've found is sold out. Or maybe even seeds?

I'm not above growing from seed. Lol! The way time flies for me, a few years to wait for fruit would be like the blink of an eye.

I've read that the fruit can be eaten out of hand, straight from the tree? That sounds wonderful. Although I have promised not to get any more trees, seeds would take awhile before they got out of hand. Lol!

Comments (20)

  • 8 years ago

    Four Wind Growers website said sold out. I will check with Stan. Thank you.

  • 8 years ago

    Four Winds Growers has small windows of opportunities to purchasing a NZL. They sell out within 3-4 hours of being listed available. Checking daily pays off.

    redneckgirlgreenthumb thanked Dee
  • 8 years ago

    Thanks, Denise, I will try to remember to check every day.

  • 8 years ago

    Call Stan. That’s where I got mine.

    redneckgirlgreenthumb thanked Laura LaRosa (7b)
  • 8 years ago

    Laura, Thank you, I will try to contact him tomorrow.

  • 8 years ago

    Laura, how is yours doing? Did you get it last year?

  • 8 years ago

    Denise, I got it summer of 2016. It is doing great...quite tall and with about 9 fruit that are almost ready.

  • 8 years ago

    Correction: it has 11 large lemons ...there were a few hidden ones I missed :)

  • 8 years ago

    Got mine from Stan today. The good: I have one now! And it has flowers on it! The bad: it has a mean case of chlorosis on all the younger leaves. Gave it a drink of FP and some chelated iron, hopefully it shapes up.

  • 8 years ago

    lucky_cloud, do you know what type of rootstock it's on? Last December I was torn between getting a NZL between Stan and Four Winds. I hate to ask, but can you post up a picture? I have one coming from Four Winds later on this week and would like to compare and wonder if I made the right choice.

  • 8 years ago

    Sure, I'll take one tomorrow. It was $25 for a 3gal pot (though you can tell from the rootball it was very recently a 1gal). It's a nice straight trunk, with good branching, and the tree is about 22-23" tall from soil to tip. I don't know the rootstock - I always forget to ask when I talk to him, and he usually isn't great about answering questions on email.

  • 8 years ago

    Denise, he's the NZL with the ST from FourWinds that arrived today next to it:

    In the background you can see my in-ground Owari that I got from Stan a couple months ago.

  • 8 years ago

    Thanks Lucky! Nice branching on the NZL. I emailed Stan this morning and he sold his last NZL on Saturday, but he hopes to have more by mid summer.

  • 8 years ago

    I have one more mail-order tree coming this spring and I am taking a break from getting more. It's getting tiresome to have to nurse these things back to health!

  • 8 years ago
    last modified: 8 years ago

    Thank you Lucky. My NZL tree is in transit today from Four Winds. I have never ordered an entry level tree before and will be comparing it with my premiums that I have ordered in the past. I know that's not fair. I went with the entry because nobody at Four Winds will answer my question as to when the premium sized trees will be available to purchase. I think Kendra told me they are in production and Ashley had no idea. In two years, mine will be the same size as the premium.

    Your NZL is nicely structured. I hope mine will be as good.

  • 8 years ago
    No offense, Lucky - that is the second ST that I have seen in the smaller size. Nancy received one similar to that size as well. I’m wondering if mine was more of a choice-sized tree.
  • 8 years ago

    Nice branching on that one, Kelley! How tall is it? I'm happy with mine, despite the yellow, curling leaves which is probably a shipping thing. It's got a nice, straight trunk and small branches that will grow up nicely.

  • 8 years ago

    I didn’t mean to imply that it looked bad, I’m just curious at the variance in size. I’m sure it will double in size in no time :). Mine is 23” from soil to the top leaf

  • 8 years ago

    Wow. What a difference between a premium an an entry level. I have never seen a FW entry before.