Voting Booth: Favorite type of houseplant?, 1 by Jadwin59

Jadwin59 wrote:
HERE IN ZONE 6
(which seems more like Zone 9 today, as it's 50 outside)

We've had good luck with Meyer lemon, key lime, and a grapefruit tree that we've trained as a standard and grew (as a joke) from a seed. The Meyer fruits all year, has wonderful-smelling blossoms, and gorgeous foliage. None of them needs tons of light - we keep them in a sunroom in the winter - and all go outside for summer vacation, where they're great on the patio.

They are also fairly unkillable. All have survived insect infestations, chlorosis, and massive leaf drop. MY KIND OF PLANTS!

The picture is our cat Ernie relaxing in the grapefruit when it was just a pup. It's now 6 feet tall and a standard.


This message was edited Jan 10, 2006 5:59 PM