by Jennifer Poindexter I like to grow different plants around my home. I’m not someone with a cookie-cutter style, so I like to seek out unique items for my home and garden. If you’re interested in growing a different fruit around your home, consider the kaffir lime. This … [Read more...]
How to Grow Lime Trees
By Julie Christensen Lime trees are among the most cold-sensitive of all citrus trees, growing outdoors only in warm, mild climates. But, you don’t have to live south of zone 9 to grow lime trees indoors. If you’ve got a sunny window with southern exposure, you can grow lime … [Read more...]
Common Diseases of Lime Trees
By Julie Christensen With their arresting tart flavor, limes are most often used for their juice, which flavors dishes from key lime pie to margaritas to guacamole. Like all citrus trees, limes are heat-loving plants that only grow outdoors in USDA plant hardiness zones 9 … [Read more...]
Health Benefits of Lime
The lime has the scientific name Citrus Aurantifolia. Historically limes were utilized by sailors to prevent scurvy. Limes began on the Indian subcontinent and have spread throughout Europe and to the United States. In the US limes are grown in Florida, California and Arizona as … [Read more...]