Little-Leaved Linden - Tilia cordata Mill.
Tiliaceae: Linden Family
Range: Europe / USDA Hardiness Zone: 3
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Little-Leaved Linden

Medium-sized tree native to Europe, with a strikingly dense pyramidal to rounded crown. Desirable specimen tree in the landscape. The flowers are highly fragrant and attractive to bees. A large specimen may reach 45 feet tall, with a a spread of 30 feet. Its form is densely pyramidal when young, becoming more rounded as the tree ages. Grows well on deep, fertile, well-drained loam and clay soils with a soil pH - 5.5 to 7.5.

Wood - Light wood for carving, inner bark used in making baskets. / Food - Honey derived from flowers highly desired. / Medicinal - Used for indigestion, hysteria and nervous stomach. Urban/Recreational: Used for specimen, boulevards and public parks. Its medium size permits using it on sites with limited space.

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Healthy, attractive trees add interest, pleasure, and value to your landscapes. Some factors to keep in mind as you select a tree relate to your projected planting site and some factors relate to you. Healthy plants, growing under conditions that suit them, are marvelously engineered to deal with minor incidences of heat, cold, drought, storm damage, pests, and disease. Sometimes we unknowingly stress them, reducing their ability to stay healthy.

Trees provide cover: Birds and small animals need concealed places for nesting and hiding from predators. The presence of wildlife can make your backyard or woodlot a special place for your family and children. As urban sprawl displaces many birds and animals from their natural habitat, it becomes even more important for home and landowners to provide green space and mini-sanctuaries for birds and other wildlife.

Trees provide food: Having a wide variety of trees that provide seeds, nuts and fruit for wildlife to eat is one way to increase your success in attracting wildlife. although artificial bird feeders can supplement naturally occurring foods, they can attract unwanted pests such as pigeons, Canada geese, squirrels, and even rats. Trees also provide food by attracting insects and providing cover for their activities; mating, egg-laying. Insects form a huge portion of the warm-weather food supply for many species of songbirds.

And, most important in this age of man-made global warming, trees sequester large amounts of carbon dioxide.

 

Little-Leaved Linden
 

Some cultivated varieties of little-leaf Linden include:
Bicentennial Linden (Tilia cordata ‘Bicentennial’) - Dense pyramidal and conical form.
Corinthian® Linden (T. cordata ‘Corzam’) - Compact pyramidal form.
Greenspire Linden (T. cordata ‘Greenspire’) - Most commonly planted cultivar, straight trunk and pyramidal form, patented.
June Bride Linden (T. cordata ‘June Bride’) - Introduced by Manbeck Nurseries, Inc., New Knoxville, Ohio.
Morden Linden (T. cordata ‘Morden’) - Released by Morden Research Station in Manitoba.
Norlin™ Linden (T. cordata ‘Ronald’) - Hardy hybrid with rapid growth and larger leaves introduced at Jeffries Nursery Ltd.
Rancho Linden (T. cordata ‘Rancho’) - Dense upright-oval selection.
Shamrock™ Linden (T. cordata ‘Baileyi’) - A stouter-branched, larger-leaved and faster growing hybrid introduced by Bailey Nurseries, Inc.
 
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