The Indoor Lemon Tree That’s Changed My Days (and Dinners!) at Home
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There’s no denying that indoor plants are a mood-boosting addition to any home. Add to that the therapeutic benefits that come with having something to care for and watch grow, and you’ll start to wonder why your apartment isn’t already brimming with frondescence.
Even if you’ve already got a bit of greenery going, enter: Via Citrus, the company partnering with Florida citrus farmers to deliver adorable little potted Meyer lemon, Key lime, and Calamondin (think a hybrid between a kumquat and a mandarin orange) trees to grow and maintain from the comfort of your own home.
I have been the proud parent of a Meyer lemon tree, your average lemon s smaller and sweeter counterpart, for a few weeks now. Unbeknownst to me, I ordered with good timing, too: My tree arrived already blooming and fragrant, boasting one sizable green lemon hanging triumphantly from a branch and several nascent lemon buds poking out from behind leaves.
Admittedly, it took us a little time to adjust to living with one another (my studio apartment in New York is not the same experience as my tree’s native Florida), but it didn’t take long to learn that direct sunlight, water, and some TLC would make my indoor lemon tree happy and bring a lot of life to my days working from home.
Via Citrus’s indoor lemon tree feels like a steal because for well under $100, life can give you the lemons you actually want. The aromatic flowers and beautiful foliage have already enhanced my days spent at home, and the budding lemons make the future look bright. Although I’ll have to be patient for the fruits to grow ripe, I can already envision myself experimenting with a Meyer lemon recipe, or toting homegrown lemons to an eventual dinner party. In troubling times like these, having something to look forward to already proves this tree fruitful in more ways than one.
Buy one for yourself and one for someone you love. These trees make for the perfect housewarming gift, Mother’s Day gift, or “I miss you” gift as we continue to stay at home to flatten the curve of the Coronavirus.
