Tree of the Month Lime Tree – January 2012

Posted on January 17, 2012 by Joe

Tree of the month January 2012 – Lime tree

Lime Trees; great for cocktails and they make great gifts too.

Hello everyone, hope the new year is treating you well and you are not getting too down with the cold weather and dark days. Hopefully you checked out our blog post on gifts to end January blues and got some good ideas on perky tree gifts to cheer everyone up.

Anyway now’s time for a look at our favourite tree gifts for this month: January.

Lime Tree Gift:

The lime tree is a fabulous tree, part of our citrus tree range and a firm favourite with us at Tree2mydoor and customers also.

Limes are some of our favourite trees here at tree2mydoor, because as with other citrus trees like the Lemon tree and the Orange tree, because they fruit so frequently. So for example, even in the middle of winter, citrus trees can fruit and are boxed and sent out with fruit already on them. This makes them ideal gifts for really special occasions, like as anniversary gifts or birthday presents or even just to send to a lime loving friend.

One of the other benefits to having your own fab lime tree is that you get to enjoy the fruit it produces right from the tree. So whether you are a cocktail fan, looking for fresh lime for your gin and tonic or an oriental foodie enthusiast searching for some zest for one of your special creations, a lime tree would be an excellent gift to send or receive.

Care advice for Lime trees:

Lime trees, as with all our other citruses, are classed as ‘indoor plants or trees’, however this doesn’t mean they are best kept directly inside the house, but rather in a porch, airy hallway or in a conservatory. Citruses don’t like to be in very hot places, like nest to radiators for example.

Citrus trees also prefer to dry out totally before being watered. If they are watered continually the roots get damp and can rot, so it’s best to keep and eye on them.

Citrus feed can really help your plant grow. We have winter citrus feed and summer Citrus feed available especially formulated to help your tree develop.

Tree of the month July 2011- Lemon Tree

Posted on July 12, 2011 by Joe

Lemon Trees

July is here and the weather is scorching; it’s like we are in our own Sicilian wonderland (well not really hehe) but still, we can dream can’t we…

Summer is here and for this month our favourite tree (and most popular) has been the wonderful lemon tree.

Our top quality lemon Trees are a really popular at this time of year; they are zesty, bright and fun. A great gift to send to someone or great gift to treat yourself with.

Lemon Trees are a great fruity gift that all of your family and friends will love when they come around to your house.

Lemon Trees for health

Those of you interested in your health will be interested to know that lemon trees are not only packed with flavour and particularly yummy on pancakes, but they are packed with vitamin c goodness for all the family.

Growing Lemon Trees

Lemon trees are perhaps not quite as finicky and difficult to look after as you may image. Here a couple of guidelines for growing lemon trees.

Do not over water them, wait until they are completely dry then give them a good water.
Use a good quality citrus feed.
Do not place them directly indoors next to a radiator or without really good ventilation. They really need to be in a conservatory or well ventilated hallway.

Tree2mydoor Lemon Trees will produce fruit up to four times a year and look fantastic! The Lemon fruit itself grows from small white flowers, which smell great too.
Where to grow your lemon tree

Lemon Trees are known as trees for indoors; they do fabulous in a hallway or conservatory and can even be left out on the patio during summer (although watch out for really cold weather, they do not like to be shocked or get an absolute drenching).

Our other lemon trees

We have also got in a new selection of lemon bushes and lime bushes in stock this week, definitely worth checking out for the citrus lovers amongst you.

Tree of the Month June – Twisted Olive Tree

Posted on June 14, 2011 by Joe

The Tree of the month for June is the spectacular Twisted Olive Tree.

The Twisted Stem Olive Tree is a beautiful tree and stands out from most standard olive trees because of the unusual and attractive twisted stem that it features. The stem is grown in such a way to leave a really cool and interesting looking stem – it definitely stands out.

Twisted Olive Tree

Olive Trees are an excellent gift to send someone to mark a wedding day, celebrate a birthday or new addition to the family or even wish someone well in their new home. The Olive Tree is an ancient symbol of peace and hope – what a wonderful message for the summer.

And before you ask, yes it is true; you can grow Olive Trees in this country! You just have to be a little careful when taking care of them. Make sure that you protect them from frost and snow: a patio or conservatory would be an ideal place for them. Olive Trees are actually far hardier than you might imagine, they can even live up to 2,000 years.

Related Olive Trees to take a look at also: Olive Trees: Olive Bush, Olive Tree Half Standard, Olive Tree Standard

Tree of the Month – Fig Tree

Posted on May 11, 2011 by Joe

The Tree of the Month for this month is the Fig Tree. With its juicy fruits harvested in late summer and enjoyed either fresh or dried in equal measures, fig trees would make a lovely present for any gardening lover or fruit fanatic.

History of the Fig Tree: the fig genus is so large, that there are in fact over 800 species all throughout the world. Our particular favourite the brown turkey fig tree, was first cultivated in Britain as far back as the early 16^th Century, although the fig tree is a plant actually native to the Mediterranean region.

Use of Fig Trees in medicine: The Fig Tree is a bit of an allrounder in terms of its medicinal uses and quite useful if the truth be told. Remedies made from the leaves can help lower cholesterol levels and the fruit makes an excellent natural laxative!!!!

Growing tips for Fig Trees: A fig Tree will do best if placed in full sun, but it will benefit from a bit of shelter too; a nice sunny patch against a garden wall for example would be an excellent place to plant your new fig tree.

The best soil for fig trees would have plenty of organic matter and be around ph 6.0 to 6.5, and have plenty of moisture.

To watch out for: A spell of winter sun could make your tree come into season early, watch out for frosts creeping in and spoiling the coming season’s crop. Cover your tree with a bed sheet or plastic sheeting to protect your plant from the frost.

Something you didn’t know about fig trees: The edible part of the fig, you know the part we call the ‘fruit’, is in fact not a fruit! It is what’s called a synconium. A synconium is a cluster of hundreds of flowers with tiny sections of fruit with a seed in the centre – so sort of like a fruit anyway haha!

Tree of the Month February 2011 – Crab Apple Tree

Posted on February 4, 2011 by Joe

Crab Apples Picking this month’s Tree for our ‘tree of the month’ feature was easy peasy. With February being the ‘love month’…the home of the lovers day, which is valentines, what could be more fitting than picking a tree associated with love? And what is this tree that best fits love I hear you all ask?

Tree of the month February (Lover’s special): The Crab Apple Tree

The Ancient Celts referred to the Crab apple as the tree of love. And the fruit from the crab apple is a gift that keeps on giving year on year. Imagine planting a crab apple tree and being able to harvest the fruit from your tree each year. The crab apple fruit, whilst bitter if eaten raw, is excellent when used in jams, jellies and wines. How brilliant would that be? Making your loved one a batch of jam straight from your crab apple tree, a special Valentine’s Day gift for years to come.

Crab apple trees are the original British apple tree, it blooms white flowers in late Spring and the fruit will be ready for picking in Autumn.

So there you have it, if you’re looking for Valentine’s Day gifts then the crab apple tree might be just what you are looking for

P.S if you are looking for valentines gift for a special someone, then try our Valentine’s Day Tree gift pack… you get a ‘Love in a bag’ seedbag and it works out at a great price.

Tree of the Month January 2011: Silver Birch

Posted on January 26, 2011 by Joe

As regular blog readers will know, our ‘tree of the month’ features are all about our favourite tree for that particular month. We talk about what makes that tree special and what ties them to that particular time of year. Now, some trees seem tied in our memories to particular times of the year. For me, the apple tree is always ingrained in my thoughts around October time (see my tree story here). As those of you who’ve ever had a Bramley Apple Tree will know, this is the time when you will start to harvest all those lovely apples. However, whilst some months seem forever tied to a particular tree or an experience in your mind, others do not seem to really have a particular tree associated with them. January is one such month…

At first glance it would be quite easy to write of January as a bit of a bleak month in terms of nature and wildlife (or just in general); its slap bang in the middle of winter, days are short and it’s usually freezing. January just seems like one of those months where the garden is at the back of your mind and staying inside, keeping warm and doing a bit of hibernating seems like the sensible thing to do. On the other hand January is the month where we start to get the first inkling that spring is just around the corner. The snow drops begin to start showing and days are actually staying light longer. January is a great time to get out in the garden and do some ‘spring cleaning’ so to speak, in time for the year ahead. Weather permitting; January is actually a great time to plant a native tree out into your garden as they are dormant.

Silver Birch Anyway, with all this in mind, it was actually quite difficult trying to think of a ‘tree of the month’ for January. However armed with a bit of recent research, I have found a great and fitting tree for you this January.

Tree of the Month for January: Silver Birch Tree

The birch tree represents birth and regeneration, quite fitting, I think for the New Year in your garden and symbolic of the changes about to come in the next few months as we head into spring. Birch trees are really rather fast growers in comparison to a lot of other native species: they can grow 16-20ft in 10 years but they won’t grow anywhere near as big as an oak for example. According to tradition, the Birch is also associated with magic done for creativity and fertility, as well as healing and protection. A perfect symbol for this New Year I’d say.

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