Grafted lime trees, grown slowly since 1998.

We are a small family nursery. Every tree leaves our greenhouses with a named rootstock, a health certificate and a first crop already set on the branch.

Own rootstock Fruiting size, 2–3 years Shipped year round

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Our story

New Lime Tree began in 1998 with eleven seedlings on a windowsill and a borrowed grafting knife. The family had been selling table grapes at the regional market for a decade when a customer asked for a lime tree that would actually survive a winter indoors. Nothing on the market fruited reliably, so we started grafting our own.

Twenty-seven years later we work three heated greenhouses and a small outdoor block. We still graft by hand, we still refuse to ship a tree before its third leaf flush, and the family still answers the phone. Roughly 4,000 trees leave the nursery each year — most to home growers, some to restaurants that want their own leaves and fruit.

Nothing here is forced. A tree that needs another season gets another season, which is why our catalogue shrinks some years and why we would rather tell you to wait than sell you something that will sulk on your windowsill.

  • 1998First greenhouse, 11 seedlings, one grafting knife.
  • 2004Own rootstock block established — Flying Dragon and Volkamer.
  • 2009Nursery health certification; first wholesale orders.
  • 2016Mail order opens. Bare-root shipping in insulated sleeves.
  • 2021Second and third greenhouse; Finger lime programme begins.
  • TodayAbout 4,000 trees a year, twelve varieties, still family run.

Trees available this season

Prices are per tree, pot included. Height is measured from the graft union. To order, send us the variety and quantity — we confirm stock and the shipping window the same week.

Persian Lime

Citrus x latifolia

The workhorse. Seedless, thin-skinned, heavy croppers that keep fruiting through a mild winter indoors.

  • Height80–100 cm
  • RootstockVolkamer
  • First fruitYear 2
39 EUR
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Key Lime

Citrus x aurantiifolia

Small, aromatic, intensely sour fruit. Thorny and vigorous — the classic pie lime, and the best scent in the greenhouse.

  • Height70–90 cm
  • RootstockFlying Dragon
  • First fruitYear 2
42 EUR
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Kaffir Lime

Citrus hystrix

Grown for the double leaves rather than the fruit. One tree covers a household's cooking for a decade.

  • Height60–80 cm
  • RootstockOwn root
  • First fruitYear 2
36 EUR
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Finger Lime

Citrus australasica

Australian native with caviar-like pearls inside a cylindrical fruit. Slow, fussy, and worth every month of it.

  • Height50–70 cm
  • RootstockOwn root
  • First fruitYear 3
68 EUR
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Blood Lime

Citrus x 'Blood Lime'

A finger lime and mandarin cross. Crimson flesh, ornamental habit, fruit that stops conversation at the table.

  • Height55–75 cm
  • RootstockFlying Dragon
  • First fruitYear 3
74 EUR
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Rangpur Lime

Citrus x limonia

Orange-skinned, lime-acid. Extremely tolerant of neglect — our recommendation for a first citrus tree.

  • Height80–100 cm
  • RootstockVolkamer
  • First fruitYear 2
38 EUR
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Sweet Lime

Citrus limetta

Low acid, mild and floral. Popular for juicing where a sour lime is too sharp.

  • Height70–90 cm
  • RootstockVolkamer
  • First fruitYear 2
41 EUR
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Variegated Pink Lime

Citrus x latifolia 'Variegata'

Striped green-and-cream leaves, striped fruit, pale pink flesh. The one people photograph.

  • Height60–80 cm
  • RootstockFlying Dragon
  • First fruitYear 3
59 EUR
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Desert Lime

Citrus glauca

Fine-leaved, drought-hardy, small round fruit. Handles a dry balcony better than anything else we grow.

  • Height50–70 cm
  • RootstockOwn root
  • First fruitYear 3
52 EUR
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Care & shipping

Light

Six hours of direct sun. A south window in winter, outdoors from the last frost until night temperatures drop below 8 °C.

Water

Deep watering when the top 3 cm of the mix is dry. Limes hate wet feet — always a drainage hole, never a saucer left full.

Feeding

Citrus feed with magnesium and iron, every two weeks March to September, monthly the rest of the year.

Shipping

Potted trees travel in a braced box, bare-root trees in a moist insulated sleeve. We dispatch Monday and Tuesday so nothing spends a weekend in a depot.

Arrival guarantee

If a tree arrives damaged, photograph it in the box within 48 hours and we replace it on the next dispatch. No return needed.

Pickup

Collection from the nursery by appointment, Thursday to Saturday. Write ahead — we are usually somewhere between the greenhouses.

Ordering

We take orders by email. Tell us the variety, the quantity and your delivery town, and we reply with the total and the nearest dispatch date. No deposit for orders under five trees.

orders@newlimetree.com