Lemon trees.

[maude]

We have  georgeous pot grown lemon tree which also produces the most delightfully sweet lemons.Survives winter in a completely un heated porch.Will this grow successfully outside in the garden as a small specimen tree and what about the winters here in the sud vendee?.Any info or fellow experiences welcome.Maude

[Cassis]

Lemons and limes are very frost sensitive and may be damaged if temperatures fall slightly below freezing.

Where you are the climate is not dissimilar to the south of England, so the advice given here is useful:

http://www.crocus.co.uk/pocket_guide/citrus_care.htm