becoming slightly lighter when mature
remarkable for its fragrant spidery winter flowering
Large size/space required: needs space if you want a mature plant
but better fruiting with a pollinator
Lime Caviar 'Pink Ice' sur porte greffe Chênes becoming slightly lighter when matureMicrocitrus australasica, commonly called "caviar lime," is a thorny shrub of the Rutaceae family found in plains, in the undergrowth of the humid forests of eastern Australia. The fruits are cylindrical, 4 to 8 cm long. The skin of the ripe fruits can be various colors: green, yellow, orange, red, purple, brown, black, but they all come from the same species. It contains small vesicles, resembling caviar pearls, hence its name, which naturally detach