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Nursery Direct
Dwarf Lisbon Lemon
Citrus limon ‘Lisbon’
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Product Details
Overview & Specifications
Price includes everything: the plant, free delivery and professional installation by our planting team. One price, whole job done.
Dwarf Lisbon Lemon - Citrus limon ‘Lisbon’
‘Lisbon’ is the lemon that Australian growers rely on in hot, dry and windy conditions, and the dwarf form puts that same heavy-cropping variety onto a rootstock that keeps the tree small. Expect true lemons with high juice content and few seeds, borne mainly in a large winter crop with lighter flushes at other times. Citrus limon ‘Lisbon’ is thornier and more vigorous than Eureka, and it stands up to heat and cold better, which is why it dominates inland plantings.
Why Dwarf Lisbon Lemon
Heavy cropping: A reliable, concentrated winter harvest rather than a scattered handful of fruit.
Manageable size: The dwarfing rootstock holds the tree to a height that can be picked and pruned from the ground.
Heat and wind hardiness: Performs where summers are hot and dry, including inland South Australia, Victoria and New South Wales.
Fruit quality: Thin-skinned, juicy, low-seed fruit that keeps well on the tree.
Container suitability: The restrained size makes it one of the few lemons genuinely happy long term in a large pot.
Ideal Applications
Small backyard orchard: One tree supplies a household without dominating the garden.
Large containers: Grown in a 500mm pot or larger on a sunny terrace or balcony.
Productive courtyards: Fits urban blocks where full-size citrus is out of scale.
Espalier against a warm wall: Responds well to training in cooler districts where wall heat extends the season.
Specimen & Installation
Spacing (screening/hedge): 1.5 to 2m
Spacing (feature/avenue): 2.5 to 3m
Best Planting Season: Spring, or autumn in frost-free areas
Soil & Drainage: Deep, friable, free-draining soil with a pH near 6 to 7. Never plant into a hole that holds water; mound the bed on clay sites.
Establishment Care: Water deeply twice weekly through the first two summers, tapering to weekly deep soaks once established, and keep moisture consistent during flowering and fruit set. Mulch out to the drip line, keep the graft union above soil level, and keep the trunk base clear of mulch and weeds.
Plant Details
Height: 1.5 to 2.5m on dwarfing rootstock
Width: 1.5 to 2m
Growth Rate: Moderate
Foliage: Evergreen
Light: Full sun, at least six to eight hours
Native to: Species of Asian origin; ‘Lisbon’ long grown in Portugal and Australia
Flower Colour: White with a purple tinge in bud, fragrant, mainly spring
Delivery & Installation
Delivery and installation are included in your price
No freight calculators and no separate installation quote for a standard installation. Your price covers specialist plant transport, positioning and professional planting by our installation team. The whole job, handled.
- Wrapped, secured and transported by specialist plant freight.
- Professionally planted, staked and finished by our install team.
- Our team confirms site access and schedules a time that suits you.
Installation
Professional installation included, never extra
Every plant we sell is planted by our professional installation team, and it's already in the price. We coordinate the delivery, the machinery and the planting for standard site access, so your only job is choosing the tree. Unusual access or engineering requirements? We'll confirm everything with you after checkout before any work begins.
Questions? Send An EnquiryWhy Nursery Direct
Every price includes supply, delivery and installation
Buying a mature tree often means three separate jobs: the plant, the freight and finding someone to plant it. We price the whole job as one: the tree, the delivery and the professional install.
- One price: supplied, delivered and installed
- Mature trees and specimen palms at every scale
- National sourcing for hard-to-find stock
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How It Works
Place your order. We do the rest.
We Supply
Premium advanced stock, selected from a national network of wholesale growers.
We Deliver
Specialist plant freight brings your order to your door. Free, anywhere in Australia.
We Install
Our professional team plants, stakes, mulches and finishes the job on site.







