TREE: Evergreen; Bush Form 3’-6’
LIGHT & SOIL: Full Sun; Well-drained;
FRUIT: Small sized with thin green rind;
Turns yellow at maturity;
FLESH: Aromatic, juicy and acidic; few seeds;
Cooking juice for Key Lime Pie, etc.
RIPENS: Mid-Sept. to Oct. & doesn’t hold on tree;
COLD HARDY: NOT COLD HARDY Zone 10;
DESCRIPTION: Self-Fertile; Small to medium- sized tree with small leaves & no thorns; Fragrant flowers bloom all year; Needs protection from freezes;
GROWING INSTRUCTIONS: Can grow in containers or in the ground. Little pruning is needed unless kept in container. Good drainage is the key with regular deep watering, avoid shallow lawn irrigation. Rootrot will kill it from over watering in winter. Regularly fertilize with higher N levels. Slow release fertilizer granules are better than spikes. Yellow leaves often mean roots are too wet or a lack of fertilizer.
