Why? The new variety called Meyer doesn't carry the problem that they banned the old one for. The Meyer I grew twenty years ago was round and orange in color, the new ones actually look like lemons. George olin wrote: > > You only need one. In AZ ( lots of zone 9 regions and lots of lemon trees) > , Meyer lemons are illegal. -Olin > > ----- Original Message -----From: <wvancamp@earthlink.net> > > I'm planning my backyard garden for next year and wanted to include a > lemon > > tree. Does anyone know if a Meyer Lemon tree needs to be planted in a > pair to > > produce fruit? Thanks. :) > > > I'm in Zone 9, btw. Lemon Trees grow fine here.