Key Features
Special considerations
Growing and Care Instructions
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Fertilizing
Fertilize with a balanced fertilizer during the growing season.
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Watering
Water regularly, allowing soil to dry slightly between waterings.
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Light Requirements
Full sun to partial shade.
| Type | Fruit-bearing |
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| Lifespan | 40–60 years |
| Growth | Slow |
| Max Height | 30–50 ft |
| Max Width | 20–30 ft |
10-11 Container / 10-11 Outdoors
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Montgomery Mamoncillo (Spanish Lime) Air-Layered Tree – Large, Flavorful, and Abundant Fruit
The Montgomery Mamoncillo Tree, commonly known as Spanish Lime, is an exceptional tropical fruit tree that produces large, delicious fruit with generous pulp content (51.5%), often containing up to two seeds. This unique tree offers a delightful, tangy-sweet flavor profile that keeps customers coming back for more. With consistent and abundant fruit production year after year, this variety is a fruitful investment for home gardeners and orchard growers alike.
Why Choose the Montgomery Mamoncillo (Spanish Lime) Tree?
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Generous Pulp & Flavor: Montgomery Mamoncillo fruits are known for their large size and pulp content, offering 51.5% edible fruit per piece. The rich, tangy, and sweet flavor profile makes this fruit a favorite for eating fresh or adding to tropical dishes.
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Abundant Fruit Production: This variety of Mamoncillo is prized for its consistent and reliable fruiting. You can expect an abundance of fruit in most years, making it a highly productive tree that rewards your investment.
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Healthy, Vigorous Trees: Our Montgomery Mamoncillo trees are air-layered, ensuring that they are grown from high-quality seedlings. This method guarantees healthy and vigorous growth, giving you a tree that is strong and ready to thrive in your garden or orchard.
Tree Specifications:
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Growth Habit: The Montgomery Mamoncillo tree reaches an approximate height of 2 feet or taller upon delivery, giving you a well-established tree that is already on its way to becoming a productive fruit-bearing specimen.
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Container & Tree Age: We ship your tree in a 3-gallon plastic container, with an average tree age of 12-18 months. This ensures that your tree is mature enough to settle into your garden or landscape quickly.
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Nutrient-Rich Soil: The tree comes planted in a premium soil mix that includes slow-release granular 8-3-9 fertilizer, providing sustained nourishment for your Montgomery Mamoncillo tree during its early stages of growth.
Grown with Care at Everglades Farm
At Everglades Farm, we specialize in growing tropical fruit trees that thrive in subtropical climates. Our state-of-the-art plant nursery in Homestead, Florida, leverages the region's optimal weather conditions to ensure healthy, robust trees. Each tree is cultivated with care, giving you a strong start for success in your home garden. Our air-layering process helps ensure that your Montgomery Mamoncillo tree is genetically identical to the parent plant, which is known for producing high-quality, abundant fruit.
Why Buy from Everglades Farm?
As a trusted, family-owned nursery, Everglades Farm is committed to providing high-quality fruit trees to customers across the U.S. When you purchase from us, you're investing in expert care and attention to detail, ensuring that your Montgomery Mamoncillo tree is healthy, vigorous, and ready to thrive. We take pride in offering plants that are grown sustainably and delivered with the utmost care to ensure your satisfaction.
Perfect for Tropical Gardens & Commercial Growers
Whether you’re a home gardener looking to add a tropical flair to your backyard or a commercial grower seeking reliable, productive fruit trees, the Montgomery Mamoncillo Tree is an ideal choice. With its large, flavorful fruit and consistent production, this tree is perfect for anyone looking to grow Spanish Lime for personal or commercial use.
