Muss: You might better pose this question on the citrus forum. But assuming you have the same variety as your friend, yours probably isn't getting enough light. Could also be pot bound, pot too small, wrong container media, not enough water or fertillizer. Kinda sounds like I'm guessing here! My citrus in a greenhouse has been quick to flower and fruit. The trees just ended bloom of almost two months, very fragrant!!, and look like they will set a lot of fruit. They have all bloomed in the second leaf and every yr thereafter. Good luck! The Fruitnut

I've had this tree for 2 years now. It is located outdoors in a full sun spot with good soil that I amended with compost when I was planting it. Since then, other than watering, I haven't really fertilized it. It has a good amount of green growth on it since planted it, but since the one time that it tried to set fruit, it hasn't really blossomed. I guess lack of fertilizing and the fact that its still relatively young might be the reason for no fruiting. I will try fertilizing it, putting it on a regular watering schedule, I hope to see some fruits of my labor!! :) Thanks for all the responses!

Joe, sure you can post pictures here.. I agree with Ben about being patient... Have you done anything different since it last flowered? Perhaps you can add more fertilizers along w/your regular citrus food..I've been using Miracle GRo for acidic plants once a month and a citrus food that's applied once every 3 months. I withhold feeding in winter, but that's only because I'm in IL and the days are so dark/cloudy/cold. But since you're in z9 you can fertilize more often. Sounds like you're doing everything right..but be sure the soil dries between waterings. Toni

Yeah, I'm not sure why it's been growing so slowly. It's been slow and steady though, and may have picked up lately. As of today, I would guess the volume is about half of that of a hen's egg. When it first bloomed, though, I wasn't even sure it was pollinated because it was growing so incredibly slowly. I wouldn't call our climate heat-deprived--were not at all like SF or Oakland/Berkeley. Our average high in the summer is something like 80 or 82 (we don't have a good nearby weather station). Last summer there were 5 periods (1 or more days) when the temperature topped 95 F. Over the time since the 'Frederick' bloomed, temps have been all over the place--60s, 70s and 80s. Today is forecast for 83. Cool compared to Sacramento or Stockton, but not to SF. I'll try to post in a week or two whether my fruit appears to be headed towards standard 'Frederick' size. You got me for a minute on Tecoma stans--I had never heard about it, so I looked it up. At first I worried that for the longest time I had been calling them Tabebuias instead of their correct names! I checked a picture--very similar flowers. But Tabebuias are in fact trees, and Tecoma is a bush. Moreover, they used to be classified in the same genus. So I don't feel as ignorant, but it just reminds me how little I know (especially about trees). The reason the carpenter bees visited our yard so much this year was because I was growing giant pumpkins (they make a LOT of pollen). The giant pumpkins were in the way of where 'Frederick' will go.