Lime Tree Types

Limes are a highly nutritious citrus fruit. Extremely sour, they are rarely eaten raw but instead are used as a flav

How to Plant a Dwarf Mexican Key Lime Tree

Overview The key lime isnt a particularly pretty fruit: small, sometimes egg-shaped and greenish yellow in color. What it lacks in looks, though, it makes up for in taste. Anyone who has had a slice o

How to Get a Key Lime Tree to Bear Fruit

Overview There are two major limes that are consumed in the United States, Persian limes and key limes. Although Persian limes are the limes that you typically see in a grocery store, key limes are mo

Kaffir Lime Tree Diseases

The Kaffir lime tree (Citrus hystrix) is a citrus tree that yields fruits and leaves used in Asian cuisine. It has a

How to Raise a Lime Tree in North Texas

Overview Lime trees are not tolerant of the cold and will suffer damage if the temperature should drop to below 50 degrees for several days in a row. Even in the Lower Rio Grande Valley, lime trees re

How to Save My Lime Tree

Overview Citrus fruits, such as limes, grow on trees in tropical and subtropical climates. Lime trees range in size between approximately six and 25 feet. These small trees produce fresh fruit and add

How to Care for a Lime Tree in Houston, Texas

Overview The key lime citrus, also called Mexican lime, is a hardy variety that is native to the Indo-Malayan region. While lime trees are hard to grow in subtropical climates, the key lime will grow

How to Plant Key Lime Trees

Lime fruits

How to Prune a Lime Tree

Limes on the tree

How to Grow a Kaffir Lime Tree

Kaffir lime fruit and leaves