Lime Tree
Citrus x aurantiifolia 'Bearss'
- An excellent lime with a good tolerance to cold (but not frost).
- Produces hefty crops of green fruits - or can be allowed to fully ripen and sweeten to yellow.
- Self fertile.
- Require Winter frost protection.
Supplied as a bushy grafted tree approximately 3 - 4 feet (90 - 120 cm) tall including pot.
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Description
This is the most popular commercial 'supermarket' lime - and rightly so. It has a good tolerance to cold (but not frost) and produces hefty crops of flavoursome limes - sometimes seeded, sometimes seedless.
Limes are traditionally eaten un-ripe when green - but if you allow them to ripen to a delicate yellow orange colour they will exhibit all the flavour without being quite so 'sharp'.
Recognised to be an excellent attractant and nectar source for bees and other beneficial insects.
- Self fertile.
- Like a sunny, sheltered position.
- Prefer free draining, slightly acidic (pH 6 - 6.5) soil.
- Can be grown outside through the Spring and Summer months but needs frost protection.
- Requires a minimum of 41F (5C)and ideally 50F (10C)or higher.
- Please note that citrus plants will drop leaves with extreme changes in temperature - they usually just re-leaf.
- Edible flowers.
- Perfumed flowers.
- Can be grown in pots.
- Ensure the compost remains moist but doesn't get overly wet.
- Never let the plant sit in water (as this will cause rot).
- Feed the trees once a month from April until September and then every three months the rest of the year with a quality, general fertiliser.
- Any pruning that is required is best done late Autumn when the tree is dormant.
- A fully-grown lime tree, 11 - 15 feet(3.5 – 4.5 metres) in height can produce around 300 fruits in a year; at 6 - 8 feet (1.8 – 2.4 metres), approximately 10 years old, it should give around 60 or more fruits.
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