" Tilia x europaea"
European linden, common lime tree

 

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June - July. White flowers in cymes , with bracts of a similar length to the whole inflorescence . Cordate leaves, serrate, with very long apex, glaucous in the two faces.. Deciduous tree, hybrid among Tilia cordata and Tilia platyphyllos that can reach 30 m.
 
 
It requires the soil to be humid, at least in the deepest layers.
  
  
In parks and gardens. For its thick shade and the fragrance of its flowers, as well as its leaves. It resists the contamination very well so that it is very appropriate for the city. It is also cultivated by its inflorescences,with sedative medicinal properties.
  
 
Sun,
  
   
By means of scarified seeds or cuttings in autumn. From grafting another species in summer.
  
 
Well drained soil, of neuter nature. It adapts well to another soil type.
  

Another species of " Tilia"

 

 

Tilia americana ---------------- Basswood, american linden

Tilia amurensis -------------- ................

Tilia caroliniana ----------------- ................

Tilia chinensis --------------- ..............

Tilia cordata -------------------- Small-leafed linden, little-leaf linden

Tilia heterophylla ---------------- White basswood

Tilia japonica --------------------- Japanese lime

Tilia mongolica -------------------- Mongolian lime

Tilia oliveri ---------------- .............

Tilia platyphyllos ---------------- Broad-leafed linden , big-leaf linden

Tilia tomentosa ------------------ Silver linden, silver lime

Tilia tuan --------------- ..............

Tilia x euchlora----------------- Crimean linden

 

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