{"product_id":"lemon-variegated-villa-franca-copy","title":"Lemon - Variegated Villa Franca","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe variegation on this one is exceptional. Every leaf carries a wide butter-yellow band around a soft grey-green centre, and it holds that pattern right across the plant — not the scattered patches or thin white edging you see on most variegated citrus. The odd shoot comes through almost entirely gold. The leaves are glossy and leathery, and the tree is worth looking at twelve months of the year, fruit or no fruit.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFlower buds open from deep purple, and the blossom is heavily scented. Worth planting somewhere you'll walk past it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe fruit is a true lemon — sharp, juicy, very few seeds. Young fruit is green-striped and fades toward clear yellow as it ripens. The flesh is a normal pale lemon, not pink.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGive it full sun; the brighter the position, the stronger the gold comes through. Free-draining soil, steady water while the fruit is filling, and a citrus feed through the warm months. Does well in a large pot. Shelter it from hard frost for its first couple of winters.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"flyingdragonnursery","offers":[{"title":"Rubidoux Trifoliata (Semi Dwarf)","offer_id":53195289854272,"sku":null,"price":44.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Flying Dragon (Dwarf)","offer_id":53195289887040,"sku":null,"price":44.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0672\/7031\/2256\/files\/Variegated-villafranka.webp?v=1789981540","url":"https:\/\/flyingdragonnursery.co.nz\/products\/lemon-variegated-villa-franca-copy","provider":"flyingdragonnursery","version":"1.0","type":"link"}