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For example, if your lime tree is in an 8-inch pot, Ward recommends upgrading to a pot that is 10 to 12 inches wide. Follow these steps to cultivate a successful transition for your new lime tree.
Citrus limetta, alternatively considered to be a cultivar of Citrus limon, C. limon 'Limetta', [1] is a species of citrus, commonly known as mousami, musami, mosambi, sweet lime, sweet lemon, and sweet limetta, it is a member of the sweet lemons. It is small and round like a common lime in shape. [2]
Persian Lime Tree. Zones 9-11. Self-pollinating. Native to tropical areas, Persian Lime trees are easy to grow as long as your climate is warm enough and you find it a nice sunny spot to live.
The irregularly-shaped branches contain hooked spines with pinnate 5 cm (2.0 in) leaves. [4] The leaves and bark can be crushed to make a bitter-tasting condiment, and much of the tree smells similar to citrus. [3] Lime prickly-ash has a high drought tolerance and grows best in full sun, but it can also survive as an understory shrub.
The sweet scent of the flowers suggest nectar loving birds find this an ideal plant to forage from. The experiment was carried out to see if the citrus-like chemicals were the same ones that are present in lemon-like species, such as Verbena varieties. The lemony leaves are a unique combination of scented chemicals found in the oil produced.
It is a spiny evergreen shrub (rarely a small tree), growing to 3 m tall. The leaves are trifoliate, glossy dark green, each leaflet 2–4 cm long and 1.5–2 cm broad. The flowers are white, with three petals 10–13 mm long and 4 mm broad. The fruit is a red, edible hesperidium 10–15 mm diameter, similar to a small Citrus fruit. The fruit ...
The name "lime", possibly a corruption of "line" originally from "lind", has been in use for centuries and also attaches to other species of Tilia. [3] It is not, however, closely related to the lime fruit tree, a species of citrus. The specific epithet platyphyllos (greek: πλατύφυλλος) means in greek "with broad leaves". [4]
Ponderosa lemon trees are slow growing but reach a height of 12 to 24 feet (3.7 to 7.3 m) at maturity. The leaves are long, evergreen, glossy, and citron-like, being ovate elliptic in shape and lemon scented. [3] They have medium-thick branches with many spines. New growth is purple-tinged, as are the flowers. [4]