K. I cut off the sucker. It was actually part of a trunk. All the other branches looked more like suckers... Hopefully I did the right thing. It was only two little branches, so it would be weird if the other parts were the sucker I think. It would make the sucker the actual tree and that would be strange I think. Hopefully I didn't do damage :( I was able to take pictures of the other trees with my cell phone! Ok, so here we have what I am almost positive is a lemon tree: https://picasaweb.google.com/heather.leigh.green/May27201202#5747330872321811346 This is the tree that had one lemon last year, though I never tasted the fruit- but it looked like a lemon. This tree also has very bad leaf curl. Here is a pic: https://picasaweb.google.com/heather.leigh.green/May27201202#5747330975224339442 I think this was from being really thirsty last summer. I water deeply about once a week, but it doesn't seem to get much new growth and the leaves don't change. Should I do something else? Next pic: https://picasaweb.google.com/heather.leigh.green/May27201202#5747330981373239506 I don't know if this is lemon or lime and the shape of the tree is terrible. Is there anything I can do to fix it and get it to look more like a shade tree eventually? Here is a pic of it's baby fruit as well: https://picasaweb.google.com/heather.leigh.green/May27201202#5747330979421196178 Next pic: https://picasaweb.google.com/heather.leigh.green/May27201202#5747330997258299090 I don't know what this tree is. Here is the fruit pic: https://picasaweb.google.com/heather.leigh.green/May27201202#5747331006607107522 Same question about shaping the tree from above. This next tree is only about 3 feet tall, it has horrible thorns like the first tree I told you all about. I'm not sure if I should dig it up and plant shadier trees or if it's worth preserving. I love fresh fruit. https://picasaweb.google.com/heather.leigh.green/May27201202#5747331013173657138 This is another mystery citrus tree. I have ever seen fruit on it. https://picasaweb.google.com/heather.leigh.green/May27201202#5747331020964139874 Same question about the shape. Thank you for your help!!! I am very overwhelmed. I haven't even began to tell you about the ash trees and the apple tree... but this is the citrus forum :)

"Bottom line". - So now we're back to pruning huh? Yet another tangent. reason I brought up this subject b'c you keep saying a single root system can support 4 or unlimited number of fruit bearing branches And you keep referring MANY studies but have not referenced ONE yet. You keep saying "10000s of tomatoes are grown this way' or that way '!! Don't need a link to any study to prove that. Anyone who has ever grown a tomato plant without pruning it or pruned it to 4 or 5 or 6 branches knows that is true. Any commercial grower knows it is true. Do you really think they prune acres of tomatoes? But just for you the link below - hundreds of pics of of 1000's of acres of fields of unpruned of tomatoes growing. You can click on each photo and go to the page that tells you all about it. And here are hundreds of pics of home garden unpruned tomato beds. Clicking on these photos takes you all kinds of personal blogs where the growers discuss why they do or don't prune their tomatoes. So I said in that case 4 plants (each pruned to single stem) should do better even in a confined area(Soil Volume). And that follows how? The discussion was about pruning not number of plants i a hole. So how is it even relevant to a discussion on pruning? But you want to argue that 4 plants in a hole of a specific size will do better than 1 plant planted alone in that same hole? Ignoring the question of why anyone would even plant 4 plants in the same hole in the first place, you claim that overcrowded plants, even pruned to a single stem overcrowded plants, will do better, produce more, than normally spaced plants, pruned or unpruned? That defies logic and common sense! It totally disregards what is common knowledge about how plants grow, what they need in terms of nutrients, water, air circulation, soil O2, root development, sun exposure, etc. You going to find a way to quadruple all those things in that single whole too? The only way your claim could make any sense at all is if you thought those 4 root balls were feeding all four plants when you said The fallacy lies in your conclusion: that one root system is better than four. And concluding without any back up evidence that ONE root system can provide more nutrients than FOUR.. Roots in a hole feed the plant they originate from period. Nothing else. The only way 4 rootballs in the same hole - which would be silly to do to begin with - could even come close to matching the performance of a single root ball in that same hole is if you quadruple the available nutrients, water, available room for root development, available soil O2 levels and maximum air circ and sun exposure above ground. How the Closeness of Plants Affect Growth The Effect of Growing Tomato Varieties Too Closely Spaced The minimal spacing for trellised tomatoes is two feet apart in a hedgerow. Research has demonstrated that crowding plants will not increase yields, but will increase disease problems. Colorado State University Extension. Planting Density in Field Production of Organic Tomatoes Effects on Plants of Growing in Overcrowded Contitions Want more - Physical Effects of Overcrowding on Plants Dave Here is a link that might be useful: Fields of tomatoes pics

I don't know of any specific problems with Potentilla and IME they are easy maintenance. However, I am not fond of Potentilla because I don't find the foliage attractive, the winter branching and silhouette just look twiggy (and that's half my year) and I find the flowers just kind of blah. The overall look of the shrub is quite fine-textured without the grace of a plant like Spirea Ogon (another fine-textured plant), and I don't think Potentilla adds much to most gardens. I particularly want interesting foliage and branch structure in my shrubs and IMO Potentilla don't provide that. Your taste may vary, but to me they are shrubs that speak of commercial landscapes with the emphasis heavily weighed to easy maintenance at the expense of other factors. I like low maintenance but also like to have shrubs that really provide a wow factor at some point during the year, and provide interest much of the year, even during winter. If you give more info about your sun vs. shade and your soil or add some photos, you may get some other suggestions that are easy care and appropriate to your setting but will give your garden more punch. Or you can decide that my opinion isn't worth a hill of beans and go ahead and plant Potentilla if you like it. After all, your garden should give you pleasure. ;>)

I know I'm a bit late to the party but I'm almost certain that's green perilla. I currently have a (smaller) seedling that is either from my neighbor's hydrangea or a green perilla/other weed; I too sought answers through research and that's how I came upon this post.