My Edible Fruit Trees: Lime Trees QLD

Australian Blood Lime (Grafted) ^10/10

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New CSIRO developed native lime cross. Here's their spiel:

'Australian Blood' (also known as 'Australian Red Centre') is a hybrid between an acid mandarin and a native finger lime. It has blood-red rind, flesh and juice.

It is a nice plant. More prolific than the ordinary finger lime. Very weeping habit. Tons of round fruit which start off like a stumpy black finger lime and fill out to a round red fruit. Taste is very good - particularly in salads or chopped into 'wheels' and put into drinks. Skin is edible and sweet! 

Fruiting Months January, February, March, August, September, October

Planted: 2011

Height 3 Feet

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Fruit Harvest: 3 kilograms per Year

First Fruited: 2 Months from Purchase in Pot

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Organic Link

When I Fertilise: Winter and Spring

desert lime

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I used to work somewhere where this grew wild, and I used the refreshing  fruit for cooking. The crushed leaves are gorgeous too. The other fruit that grew there I have not found for sale anywhere- currant bush Carissa ovata. It has sweet fruit like dates.

Planted: 2011

Growing: In a Pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: No

Finger lime ^3/10

Planted: 2012

Height 2 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 3

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Summer

finger lime ^10/10

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i want one of each colour growing in my mini orchard

Pollination: No

Finger Lime

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I purchased this tree[seedling] earlier in the year from a distributor in the Tweed Valley near Murwillumbah. He has quite an orchard of them and they were fruiting at the time. Apparently Finger Limes fetch a really high price.

I was quite sad recently when after an absence of 2 weeks away in September I returned to discover that the tree had died. I don't know who else believes in the resurrection,, but something inside me wouldn't let it go that easily. So after putting the pot into a bucket of water to wet its feet and cutting off the dead branches just in case it still had some life in it, I eventually put it out in the nursery[under the mango tree], and left it to its own devices. Just imagine my excitement[yelps of joy and leaping with delight] when I discovered some new leaves had appeared. Soooo... it wasn't dead after all. Maybe my faith was rewarded. Who knows, but I am so happy. The thing about it all was the main stem of the tree was always green, and it was this that gave me hope. So while there's hope there's a resurrection. 

I'll get a picture posted soon.

Planted: 2009

Height 30 Centimetres

Qty: 1

Finger Lime - d'Emerald (Grafted) ^10/10

Comments: - Going great guns in a grow bag until we decide exactly where to pop him in the ground. Fruiting already, and we only bought it late last year. Fruit should be ready to pick around Easter I'd say - highly recommend!

Very low maintenance.

Planted: 2022

Qty: 1

First Fruited: 6 Months from Purchase in Pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Dynamic lifter

Finger lime - Rainforest pearl

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My plant is struggling. Semi-deciduous?

Jan-2010 it did not make it through the very dry period before recent flooding rain, despite weekly watering. My conclusion is that the soil was too well drained and maybe not sufficiently rich in organic matter. Nearby ornamental natives are thriving.

Planted: 2008

Height 1 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Pollination: No

Finger Lime - Rainforest Pearl (Grafted) ^10/10

Comments: - Healthy, slow growing but easy - very low maintenance. Watch for spikes. New growth comes in dark purple, before lightening to green.

Planted: 2022

Height 0.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Dynamic lifter

Finger lime - Rainforest pearl (Grafted) ^8/10

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This is a very prickly tree, and was flowering when I bought it a year ago, but they all fell off, but it is flowering again now.

Fruiting Months July, August, September

Planted: 2008

Height 1 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: dynamic lifter and lucerne mulch.

Pest Control:

none so far.

Organic Status:Partially Organic

Finger Lime - Rainforest Pearl Dwarf (Grafted) ^10/10

Comments: - A dwarf grafted version of the Rainforest Pearl. Healthy, easy to grow, hasn't fruited yet - slow growing, but low maintenance. A native under-canopy fruit tree. Thorny and spindly but beautiful.

Height 0.5 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Dynamic lifter

Finger Lime - Tom Thum (Grafted) ^10/10

Comments: - Cute little finger lime bush, growing happily in the ground and new growth has the usual purple colouring. As with most finger limes, it appears slow growing but healthy and happy. Very low maintenance.

Planted: 2022

Height 0.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Dynamic lifter

When I Fertilise: Yearly

Gympie Lime

Height 1 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Spring

kaffir lime ^10/10

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2 meters our little? beauty is 4 m!  8 years old and bearing lots of fruit. fruit is hardy so we wait till fall off the tree over summer,autumn,winter. We make a lemonade with lots of sugar as juice is very strong; about 1 tablespoon to each fruit. This makes a cordial which can be frozen as ice blocks for keeping and later use.  So a unique way to have lemon cordial drink all year round. Not too mention the leaves for thai cooking.

Planted: 2003

Height 5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Autumn

Pollination: No

When I Fertilise: When Fruiting

Comments

oops my mistake the 2m is from the previous post :)

lime (Grafted) ^7/10

Fruiting Months June, July, August

Planted: 2007

Height 1 metres

Growing: In a Pot

First Fruited: 1 Months from Purchase in Pot

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pruned By: 5% in After Fruiting

Pollination: Self Pollination

Pest Control:

White Oil

Lime - Mexican or Key Lime

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This Mexican Lime tree was always struggling and it didn't survive the drought. I wonder if it wasn't warm enough in winter here even though I planted it next to a stone wall to try and give it more warmth.

Pollination: Self Pollination

Comments

Where can we get Key Limes from?

I got the Mexican Lime from Turner's Nursery at Rochedale 2-3 years ago. They're hard to find - I'd been keeping my eye out for one for several years.

Lime - Red Centered (Grafted) ^10/10

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Such a cute little fruit, this one was bought late last year, planted in a grow bag while we decide where to install it (as with most of our spontanious purchases haha) and it has already fruited for us.

Egg-shaped little red limes. Great for seafood and sald and drinks! Low maintenance, looks like a finger lime in terms of the greenery, and appears to be just as slow growing and hardy. 

Height 1 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Fruit Harvest: 5 Fruit Per Year

First Fruited: 6 Months from Purchase in Pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Dynamic lifter

Lime - Sublime (Seedling)

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Is a relatively new selectively bred, naturally dwarf-growing version of West Indian Lime (aka Key Lime). Same tasting and same size fruit, just a much smaller growing plant that is also a little more tolerant of cold, and wetter growing conditions. Is suitable for pot-growing as max. height about 1.5 metres.

I'm giving mine a few more months pot growing ( a lot of new shoots presently), and will be planted out (probably early summer). Flowering prolifically already, and plant is only small (in August).

Height 35 Centimetres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Citrus, Epsom salts

Native Lime

pink lime berry (Seedling) ^5/10

Comments: - th berries taste like citrus and are very yummy, the berries grow in the corners of the branches quite cute. very fast growing and seems to like moist soil

Fruiting Months April

Planted: 2017

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

When I Fertilise: Never

Pest Control: none

Organic Status:Organic

Rangpur lime

Red Centre Lime (Grafted) ^8/10

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

Tahitian Lime

Tahitian Lime

tahitian lime ^5/10

Australian Round Lime

Australian Round Lime

Australian Round Lime

Height 2 metres

Qty: 1

Fruit Harvest: 3 kilograms per Year

First Fruited: 1 Years from purchase in pot

Pollination: No

Australian Round Lime ^4/10

Australian Round Lime (Grafted) ^9/10

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This tree was slow to start growing but has been very hardy and productive. Lots of fruit and it makes a great lime pickle. The flavour is similar to finger limes, in fact, I think it is better than some varieties of finger lime I have tasted. It fruits when there is not a lot of other citrus ready ,which is useful.   I use it in a variety of recipes. I will post a better photo of the tree when it has some fruit on, but it is middle of winter and it's not doing much just now.

Fruiting Months January and December

Planted: 2006

Height 4 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Fruit Harvest: 10 kilograms per Year

First Fruited: 5 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Pollination: No

Fertiliser or Organics Used: chook manure occasionally

Pest Control: Manually pick off orange bugs using gloves and drop into soapy water. They don't infest the tree every year so I haven't had to do this for a few years.

Organic Status:Organic

Australian Round Lime

Planted: 2013