caviar lime

A spiny, evergreen subshrub to 3m tall, with ovate leaves to 4cm long and small, white flowers to 1cm across, borne in spring and summer. Cylindrical fruits to 7cm long are green to bronze-flushed and ripen in late autumn. Cut the fruit through the middle and gently squeeze to release the juicy 'pearls' within. Finger limes are best grown in a cool or temperate greenhouse or conservatory and moved outside during the summer months