If your lime tree is indoors, the floor under the potted plant may become sticky. Also, honeydew may cause a plant disease called sooty mold. If left unattended, scale insects can cause leaves to ...

If you enjoy decadent foliage, delicate flowers, and a bountiful harvest, then a key lime tree is a great choice. These plants will thrive outdoors in a consistently warm environment, but they can ...

If you want to grow citrus trees in pots, an experienced horticulturist reveals his picks for five beautiful, low-maintenance fruits suitable for containers ...

Hi Sue, several years ago, I purchased a small lime tree. When I bought it, it was full of blooms and small fruit, it continued to produce golfball-sized limes all that summer. Last year, it got ...

Limes and other citrus take several years to mature and bear fruit consistently after planting. (Wikimedia) Question: I have a lime tree that is approximately 3 years old. The first year I planted it, ...

Back in the pre-COVID days we would make an annual trek to Pensacola, Fla., to visit our son and his wife. One of the things that became somewhat of a tradition during those visits was being treated ...

What’s the best solution to avoiding rising prices of any produce? Grow it yourself. Fortunately, the Houston area and climate is perfect for growing citrus, especially limes. Unfortunately, if you ...

Once upon a time, I got tired of trying to find the deeply aromatic lime leaves used in Thai cooking and asked a guy at my local Orchard Supply Hardware store in Pasadena if they stocked the trees ...

We have a lime tree that we winter indoors. In March, the tree developed about 60 limes. Also during that time, the tree developed scale insects. We purchased a nontoxic solution, which somewhat ...