Thread title: "can you grow citrus in north Carolina?"
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lorabell_gwNovember 13, 2016
I've a crazy gardener friend here in Fayetteville NC
> picture of bowl of lemons <
who has a lemon tree , outside, about 20 years old. She picked bushels of lemons on Thursday and I was the recipient of about 40 lbs of them. They do nothing for overwintering. About 5 years ago I started a baby with some of the yearly stash and it too is outside doing great with no winter protection.
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calamondindaveDecember 14, 2016
A poster on the Citrus forum says the lemon fruit in the above picture looks exactly like an "Ichang lemon". After googling it, I think it does too. It's pretty cold hardy.
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https://www.houzz.com/discussions/1816729/can-you-grow-citrus-in-north-carolinaAccording to a climate zone map, Fayetteville seems to be right on the border between 8a and 7b.
So that seems to be about the limit of what Ichang lemon can handle in the hot climate of the South.
(Keep in mind North Carolina has a lot more heat than cooler climates further North, so that's certainly going to be helping it grow better and recover more rapidly from any damage)