Lime Tree (Citrus aurantifolia) - white flowers, illustrated plant card

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Lime Tree

Citrus aurantifolia

Lime Tree blooms from April through June.

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Bloom calendar

Bloom time

Apr–Jun

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Hardiness

Zones 9–11

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Sun

Full sun

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Water

Moderate water

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Mature size

13 ft × 10 ft

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Type

Tree

house classification

Months here are Northern Hemisphere months; in the Southern Hemisphere, shift them by six months.

Plant it in full sun. It prefers moderate water. It is hardy in USDA zones 9–11. Expect it to reach about 13 ft tall and 10 ft wide at maturity, in roughly 3 years (not yet checked).

No toxicity note is on file for Lime Tree. That is not a clearance: check its safety for people and pets before planting.

Verification

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What this means

Generated by an earlier AI feature of BloomsEye and not yet checked against outside sources, its scientific name included, so treat every fact above as a starting point. An audit keeps its values consistent with the rest of the library, which is not the same as being right. The source-by-source check is working through the whole library in the open, and a checked plant says so in this row.

When to plant Lime Tree

Plant Lime Tree in early spring as soon as the soil is workable, or in early fall at least six weeks before your first frost, so roots establish in cool weather. In zone 9, the middle of its hardy zones 9 to 11, spring means January to March and fall means October or November. Once settled, it blooms from April to June.

Month-by-month timing for your zone is on the planting calendar; if you garden near zone 9, the middle of this plant's hardy range, start with zone 9 in January. Derived from the plant's category, zones and bloom months plus typical zone frost dates, not checked separately.

How big does Lime Tree get?

Illustration of Lime Tree drawn to scale beside an adult — About 13 ft tall and 10 ft wide at maturity: about twice as tall as an adult.

See Lime Tree in a garden plan: the planner shows it in 3D beside everything else you add, growing toward this size over the years.

How far apart to plant Lime Tree

Derived from the mature spread above by a fixed rule, not checked separately: spacing is the spread, center to center.

Give Lime Tree about 10 ft of clear ground in every direction, measured from its center. It is one plant with room around it, not a row, and a raised bed is too small for it.

Clear ground around it

10 ft in every direction

Add Lime Tree to a garden plan and the planner draws it at its full width, so you see the spacing before you buy.