{"product_id":"citrus-lemon-pinky-citrus-limon","title":"Pinky Lemon - Citrus limon ‘Pinky’","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePrice includes everything:\u003c\/strong\u003e the plant, free delivery and professional installation by our planting team. One price, whole job done.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003ePinky Lemon - Citrus limon ‘Pinky’\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘Pinky’ is a lemon grown for its pink tinted flesh, giving juice with a soft blush colour while keeping the full acidity and aromatic oil of a standard lemon. In the garden it behaves like any good backyard lemon: a rounded evergreen tree with glossy foliage, purple flushed new growth, fragrant white flowers and a main winter crop with scattered fruit at other times. The novelty is in the glass rather than in the growing, which is exactly why it earns a spot in a productive garden that already has room for one citrus.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch4\u003eWhy Pinky Lemon\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePink Flesh\u003c\/strong\u003e: The blush toned flesh gives juice, cordials and cocktails a distinctive colour that a standard lemon cannot.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTrue Lemon Acidity\u003c\/strong\u003e: It performs in cooking exactly as a Eureka or Lisbon does, so it is not a compromise crop.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLong Harvest\u003c\/strong\u003e: The heaviest crop comes through winter, with lighter flushes across the rest of the year in warm districts.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFragrant Blossom\u003c\/strong\u003e: Repeated flushes of scented white flowers carry through a courtyard on warm evenings.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCompact Habit\u003c\/strong\u003e: Stays within the scale of a suburban backyard and takes shaping without losing productivity.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch4\u003eIdeal Applications\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBackyard Citrus\u003c\/strong\u003e: The workhorse position beside a path or lawn where fruit is picked as needed.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLarge Container\u003c\/strong\u003e: Suits a substantial pot on a sunny terrace with regular feeding and watering.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eEspalier on a Warm Wall\u003c\/strong\u003e: Trained flat on wire against a north facing wall it fruits well and takes almost no depth.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eProductive Screen\u003c\/strong\u003e: A short run makes a low evergreen barrier that also crops.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch4\u003eSpecimen \u0026amp; Installation\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSpacing (screening\/hedge):\u003c\/strong\u003e 2 to 2.5m\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSpacing (feature\/avenue):\u003c\/strong\u003e 3 to 4m\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBest Planting Season:\u003c\/strong\u003e Spring and early autumn, into warm soil\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSoil \u0026amp; Drainage:\u003c\/strong\u003e Free draining, slightly acidic to neutral soil. Raise the planting position or mound in heavy clay, because wet feet cause root rot and collapse\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eEstablishment Care:\u003c\/strong\u003e Water deeply and regularly through the first two summers, since inconsistent moisture during fruit set is the main reason young lemons drop their crop. Feed with a complete citrus fertiliser in late winter and late summer, keep mulch and grass off the trunk, remove any growth arising below the graft union, and shelter young trees from frost and cold wind as lemons are the most frost sensitive of the common citrus.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch4\u003ePlant Details\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eHeight:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2.5 to 3.5m\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWidth:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2 to 3m\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eGrowth Rate:\u003c\/strong\u003e Moderate\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFoliage:\u003c\/strong\u003e Evergreen\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLight:\u003c\/strong\u003e Full sun, minimum six hours\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNative to:\u003c\/strong\u003e Asian hybrid origin, long cultivated\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFlower Colour:\u003c\/strong\u003e White, flushed purple in bud\n\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Nursery Direct","offers":[{"title":"400mm","offer_id":59795353665822,"sku":"ND-0475-400MM","price":1175.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"500mm","offer_id":59795353698590,"sku":"ND-0475-500MM","price":1600.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1000\/2536\/8862\/files\/lGuYKOSZaRTGBfDdfI3rf_noDhF3ut.jpg?v=1787313985","url":"https:\/\/nurserydirect.com.au\/products\/citrus-lemon-pinky-citrus-limon","provider":"Nursery Direct","version":"1.0","type":"link"}