Apple Limelight Trees
Price range: £65.00 through £85.00
Details:
The Limelight apple is a crisp, sweet, juicy-eating apple with a refreshing rich flavour. An improved Greensleeves type with clear smooth, glowing green-yellow skin often with a faint pink blush. Easy to grow, self-fertile and disease resistant. With a long cropping season from mid-September, the apples will store well until November. The estimated time to cropping once planted is 2 years. Delicious to eat and good for juice.
 Attracts | Bees, Birds, Wildlife |
|---|---|
 Blossom Colour | White |
 Flowering Period | Apr, May |
| Fruiting Period | Sep |
 Habit (Shape) | Broad |
 Hardiness | Hardy (Cold winter) |
 Height (when grown) | 1-2m, 3-5m |
 Leaf Colour | Green |
 Lighting | Full Sun, Partial Sun |
 Position | Sheltered, Some Protection |
 Soil Type | Most soils, Well-drained |
 Pollination Group | Pollination Group 3, Self Fertile |
Description
Limelight apple trees produce crisp, sweet, juicy eating apples with a refreshing rich flavour. An improved Greensleeves type with transparent smooth, glowing green-yellow skin often with a faint pink blush. Easy to grow, self-fertile and disease resistant. Malus domestica ‘Limelight’ has a long cropping season from mid-September, the apples will store well until November. The estimated time to cropping once planted is 2 years. Limelights are delicious to eat and good for juice.
Cultivation: Easy to grow, Self -fertile, heavy cropper.
Soil: Fertile, well-drained soil
Position: Limelight apples like full sun, partial shade
Foliage: Deciduous
Flowering: Malus domestica Limelight flowers in April/May
Fruiting: September
Habit: Compact shape
Hardiness: Limelight Apples are fully hardy
Growth: Average
Benefits to Wildlife: Yes, all wildlife
Height & Spread in Maturity:
MM106 rootstock: 3.5 metres x 3 metres (12 x 10ft) M26: 2.5 metres x 2 metres
Awarded an RHS Award of Garden Merit
Limelight garden care: Keep the base of this apple tree weed free, fertilise at the beginning of each year and water regularly during hot, dry spells. The main prune should be done in the winter as long as it isn’t frosty or freezing. Take out the 3Ds (dead, dying and diseased wood) and create an open shape. Then reduce the leaders back by a third. Aim to create an airy structure without any crisscrossing branches. Summer prune in August by shortening any side shoots (or laterals) which are longer than 20cm back to three leaves. This will allow the sun to ripen the fruit and encourage more fruit buds. Make sure that the growth you’re cutting away feels firm to the touch.
