Key Lime

Key limes are tarter, smaller and more round in shape than the limes more likely to be found in grocery stores, the Tahitian lime. While key limes are no longer grown commercially in Florida, many South Florida homeowners are lucky enough to have a key lime tree of their own.

UF/IFAS Sites

• Citrus Varieties: Key Lime

UF/IFAS Publications

• Citrus Culture in the Home Landscape
• Florida Food Fare: Lime (PDF)
• How to Grow Citrus in Your Backyard (PDF)
• Q&A: Let Citrus Ripen on the Tree (PDF)
• South Florida Tropicals: Lime

Also on Gardening in a Minute

• Lemons and Limes

Other Sites

• Key Limes--University of Illinois Extension
• Mexican (Key) Lime--Purdue Department of Horticulture