Prolonged exposure to freezing temperatures increases the damage done to them. I am in zone 8b. For $20 each (the lime was on sale at end of season), I did not have to pay the $40 shipping cost that I did with Amazon Prime.
I have one of those home depot Meyer, holding fruit for the first time, ( fingers crossed ) very small plant was part of that cocktail , with Key Lime and Meyer as two separate plants in one container, I separated them, but the key lime died, ( never got … The two trees that I purchased at Home Depot (Meyer Lemon and Key Lime) were in suitable indoor pots and both had edible fruit already on the trees. I started building my own backyard orchard a few years ago with my first purchase of 4 citrus (eureka lemon, meyer lemon, key lime, persian lime) trees from my local home depot. Some of the lime cultivars, including the Key Lime, need protection from temperature below 32ºF. My seed-grown lemon is older, I think 4 or 5 years and always drops flowers after they bloom. Variegated Pink Eureka Lemon grows to @15ft average on a standard tree, and the dwarf variety grows to @6ft. The branches look very dry and break off easy. To answer your question about lime trees. Durling has grown avocado trees since 1926 on its 300 hillside acres north of San Diego (USDA hardiness zone 10B). This spring it looks dead. Planted a key lime tree from a pot we bought at Home Depot last spring. I sprayed the tree quarterly with neem oil (home depot) concentrate-(1 cap neem oil to a gallon of water) and sprayed it every 7 days just to make sure no insects made a home in the tree. When a lime tree is not producing blossoms and fruit but still looks healthy, a lime tree owner can feel at a loss as to what to do. So far, I am having success with a Persian Lime which fruits twice/year and a Key Lime which gets loads of blossoms and then drops them and any fruit starts. This has rounded tips and has only recently started growing in diameter.

When deciding to plant an avocado tree, choose a site in full sun and with well-draining soil. Q. branches of lime tree break off easy. One tree is store bought from home depot.

The others need protection below 30ºF. It has since expanded to over 40 fruit trees and includes apples, oranges, pears, peaches, plums, guava, apricots, guanabana, fig, mango, and cherries (low chill cultivar). Lynn, Home Depot Garden Club Cynthia writes: "I live in Orlando and lost my beautiful pink grapefruit tree in the backyard to greening. Also, as far as fertilizing went, in the fall I made compost tea and watered around the circle of the tree and in early spring I used 10-10-10 fertilizer. ... Citrus Trees Fruit Trees Lime Trees Key Lime Tree Care Mexican Lime Tree Meyer Lemon Tree Potted Trees Gardening Tips Greenhouse Gardening. It was watered everyday. LOL. I'm just going to pretend I did not even see Home Depot's tag and continue to understand Limequat as a Lime-Kumquat graft.

No, they are not cold hardy and are some of the most cold sensitive of all the citrus. If the branches to my lime tree break off easy, is it dead? Time to Feed This Week. Took it home and was planted in the backyard. It's only had 2 flowers, maybe 3. The avocado trees sold at The Home Depot Garden Center are from Durling Nursery, the world’s leading producer of avocado trees. Between my Limequat and my Persian/Tahiti Lime, I don't need a "Key Lime" anyway . Are Your Citrus Trees Flowering?