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I bought a lemon tree from Aldi in March 2012, didn't pay the full price, think I got it for £6.99 as it had lost some leaves so I bought it as a challenge.
Anyway, it lost all of the leaves over winter and has grown a couple of new small branches over the last few months.
The strange thing is the leaves are a totally different shape than the old ones.
They were the shape of lemon leaves, but the new ones look a bit like the shape of grapefruit leaves.
They smell like citrus but not as strong as the old shaped leaves which were very lemony and wide, these are a lot narrower.
The leave is small near the stem then narrows and comes out larger at the end, a bit like two leaves joined together.
So the label says lemon but could it be a grapefruit and if so why were the original leaves a completely different shape than the new ones!
Anyway, it lost all of the leaves over winter and has grown a couple of new small branches over the last few months.
The strange thing is the leaves are a totally different shape than the old ones.
They were the shape of lemon leaves, but the new ones look a bit like the shape of grapefruit leaves.
They smell like citrus but not as strong as the old shaped leaves which were very lemony and wide, these are a lot narrower.
The leave is small near the stem then narrows and comes out larger at the end, a bit like two leaves joined together.
So the label says lemon but could it be a grapefruit and if so why were the original leaves a completely different shape than the new ones!
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