"Karen" > wrote in message
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> On Aug 7, 4:12 pm, Boron Elgar > wrote:
>> You'll need an Asian or Thai grocery store and even then, not all
>> carry the leaves (or fruit).
>>
>> The trees are usually grown grafted. It has some nice leaves (sorry,
>> it is small and can not be depended upon to provide leaves) and I have
>> never gotten the dang thing to fruit.
>
> My friend has a kaffir lime tree growing in a pot on her sundeck. It
> has been grafted and the fruit is sort of poopless. The leaves are
> quite heavenly, though.
>
> I bet that it is not a fragile plant and would grow in many places in
> the U.S., providing it's protected against winter freezes.
>
> Karen
>
Check out those two nurseries I cited. I never knew about weird citron and
Buddha's hand and so on.
Edrena