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Key Lime
Citrus aurantiifolia
fruit
Classic lime variety with small, aromatic fruits prized for key lime pie and cocktails. Compact evergreen tree well-suited for container growing.
Showing Zone 7b. for timing that matches where you garden.
In Zone 7b, right now
Not suited to Zone 7b
This one grows best in Zones 9a–11b. It may struggle in your area.
Edible?
Yes — fruit
Small space?
Yes, but it gets tall
Sun
Full sun (6+ hrs)
Comes back yearly?
Yes — perennial
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