![]() ![]() Nothing beats the intense flavour of a home-grown lemon. It is a great way to add colour in the garden. Both are cold tolerant and produce their fruit in winter. The most popular varieties are “Kalamondin” (with small round fruit), and “Nagami” (with small oval fruit). The thin rind is very sweet and the flesh is tart or acidic. The surprise comes when you pop one of the fruit in your mouth and bite into it. They have very green foliage that contrasts with the vivid orange of the round or oval fruit. Kumquats (or Cumquats) are often grown as a small ornamental tree. Or the “Marsh Seedless “ with good juice content and a sweet flavour. It is a seedless red fleshed variety with a red tinged peel. Consider options like the “Rio Red Semi Dwarf” that grows to 2m and is great in a pot. They grow to different sizes, depending on the variety and the pithy flesh makes them more resistant to fruit fly. There are varieties available with pink, pale yellow and red flesh. It is a very versatile citrus option that makes a great addition to salads, salsas, dips and juices. The flavour does vary and some varieties can be quite sweet. Grapefruit is a bit of an acquired taste due to its tangy, tart and sometimes bitter taste. Most people think of grapefruit as just a breakfast fruit and dismiss it. As well as making a tasty edible garish, the fruit can be used to make jam, marmalade and chutney, while the juice can be used in drinks and salad dressings. White flowers are followed by tangy cylindrical fruit with light coloured flesh and juice. Native to the sub-tropical rainforests of the Queensland – New South Wales border, the Finger Lime prefers a part-shade and warm position in a free draining soil with plenty of organic matter. It grows as a thorny large shrub or small tree to about 2 – 3m in Perth. The fruit is packed with small caviar-like bubbles of juice that explode with flavour. The increasingly popular Finger Lime comes in green, pink and red varieties. ![]()
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