Blood lime
An Australian finger-lime x Rangpur hybrid with striking red rind and flesh; a high-value chef and specialty fruit, hardier than a true lime.
Across the consideration criteria
How it grows
- Cold hardiness
- 24°F
- Ripening
- Mid-season
- Vigor
- Moderate
- Disease tolerance
- Moderate
- Drainage need
- Well
- Soil pH
- 6–7.5
- Graft requirement
- Graft Required
- US availability
- Available
Considerations
Canopy killed at about 24°F.
Needs high heat to colour and sweeten.
Mid-season fruit (autumn-winter).
moderate
Prefers a pH band of 6–7.5.
These are intrinsic to the citrus. On a real property, Folia scores each against your site; here they're shown on their own.
Grows alike
similar to growAustralian finger lime
ripens in the same window · wants the same heat to ripen
Rangpur lime
ripens in the same window · wants the same heat to ripen
Limequat (Eustis)
ripens in the same window · wants the same heat to ripen
Palestine sweet lime
ripens in the same window · wants the same heat to ripen
Kaffir (Makrut) lime
ripens in the same window · wants the same heat to ripen
Sweet lime (Limettioides) - Mosambi
ripens in the same window · wants the same heat to ripen
Climate-adapted alternatives
more resilient picksAustralian finger lime
similar cold hardiness · similar heat requirement
Australian Desert lime
similar cold hardiness · similar heat requirement
Rangpur lime
similar cold hardiness · ripens in a similar season
Limequat (Eustis)
similar cold hardiness · ripens in a similar season
Bearss (Persian/Tahiti) lime
similar cold hardiness · ripens in a similar season
Palestine sweet lime
similar cold hardiness · ripens in a similar season
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