Tree of the month January 2012 – Lime tree
Lime Trees; great for cocktails and they make great gifts too.Hello everyone, hope the new year is treating you well and you are not getting too down with the cold weather and dark days. Hopefully, you checked out our blog post on gifts to end January blues and got some good ideas on perky tree gifts to cheer everyone up.
Anyway now’s time for a look at our favourite tree gifts for this month: January.
Lime Tree Gift:
The lime tree is a fabulous tree, part of our citrus tree range and a firm favourite with us at Tree2mydoor and customers also.
Limes are some of our favourite trees here at tree2mydoor, because as with other citrus trees like the Lemon tree and the Orange tree because they fruit so frequently. So for example, even in the middle of winter, citrus trees can fruit and are boxed and sent out with fruit already on them. This makes them ideal gifts for really special occasions like as anniversary gifts or birthday presents or even just to send to a lime-loving friend.
One of the other benefits to having your own fab lime tree is that you get to enjoy the fruit it produces right from the tree. So whether you are a cocktail fan, looking for fresh lime for your gin and tonic or an oriental foodie enthusiast searching for some zest for one of your special creations, a lime tree would be an excellent gift to send or receive.
Care advice for Lime trees:
Lime trees, as with all our other citruses, are classed as ‘indoor plants or trees’, however this doesn’t mean they are best kept directly inside the house, but rather in a porch, airy hallway or in a conservatory. Citruses don’t like to be in very hot places, like nest to radiators for example.
Citrus trees also prefer to dry out totally before being watered. If they are watered continually the roots get damp and can rot, so it’s best to keep and eye on them.
Citrus feed can really help your plant grow. We have winter citrus feed and summer Citrus feed available especially formulated to help your tree develop.
