Citrus Gems. Desert Lime
Citrus Gems. Desert Lime
A high yielding tree that produces grape sized, lemon like fruit with a wild taste of lime. Desert limes usually appear in summer.
The sweet tangy fruit has a very thin skin and requires no peeling, just slice it or use the whole fruit to make a zesty lime pickle or marmalade – macerate fruit in a sugar syrup or pop one into your icy cold beer for an Australian twist on a Mexican tradition.
Desert Limes are extraordinarily tolerant of dry conditions
Trees will begin to produce fruit from the 2nd autumn after they’ve been planted. Given they receive attention and nurture.
A collection of citrus native to Australia
We have selected the best varieties from the vast range of native limes to bring you the most reliable, vivid and flavoursome.
Currently in our Citrus Gems collection we have EIGHT extraordinary varieties, each with it's own distintictive and unique personality.
Know and enjoyed for centuries by indigenous Australian’s native limes are now hugely popular with the domestic gardener through to the professional chef.
Citrus Gems are a group of adaptable, quirky trees, uniquely Australian and tolerant of a wide range of conditions. They are suited to both pot and garden cultivation. All Citrus Gems are grafted onto citrus rootstock. Which ensures plant health, vigour and increases the plants ability to produce abundant crops of fruit from an early age.
Citrus Gems respond well to pruning. Citrus Gems are extremely hardy and tolerant of frost and dry conditions.
