I had a gift voucher lying
about from a hardware/nursery store that was given to my for my birthday last
September. I went there last Saturday
with the intention of only buying some much needed gardening supplies, which I
did do by the way, but while meandering around the nursery section there I
happened upon a most unusual fruit tree. I had just enough balance left on my
voucher after getting said ‘much needed supplies’ that is, to purchase it. There was only one tree left and who was I to
tempt fate? Zoink!... Straight into my trolley.
The fact that the tree looked rather advanced as well and already had a
tiny fruit on it also helped convince me that it must be purchased immediately.
The fruit tree was an ‘Australian Red Centre Lime’ AKA ‘Australian Blood Lime’. It’s a Hybrid of a Red finger lime (Microcitrus
australasica) and a Rangpur lime (Citrus
× limonia). A Rangpur lime is in itself a Hybrid, between a
mandarin (AKA as a tangerine) and a lemon.
The resulting combination being a
stunning red skinned lime!!. As soon as
I arrived home I transplanted it into a larger pot and added some organic liquid
fertilizer & Epsom salts to the potting soil. I’ve done my part, now to
hope like mad that the tree doesn’t suffer to much transplant shock and loose its
precious fruit.
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| Fruit on tree when purchased... |
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| Fruit and flowers... |
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| The tree in its entirety... |
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| The label... This is what the the mature fruit will look like... Purdy huh?! |
