LITTLELEAF LINDEN - Tilia cordata

LITTLELEAF LINDEN Tilia cordata

red Outstanding Features:
Excellent shade tree, adaptable to many conditions.

Description:
Height: 35-50'
Width: 20-30'
Hardiness Zone: 3b

Littleleaf Linden is a popular medium sized landscape tree. It has smaller leaves and a more dense growth habit than the American Linden. Form is pyramidal to oval, becoming broader with age. Leaves are dark green, turning yellow or yellow-green in the fall. The small, fragrant yellowish flowers appear in June. Littleleaf Linden is widely used as a street tree and for residential landscaping.

Requirements and Culture:
Fairly tolerant to a wide range of site conditions. Usually requires little maintenance. Transplants readily. Tolerates clay soils better than many tree species. Fairly tolerant of pollution. May require removal of suckers from base of trunk.

Limitations:
No serious insect or disease problems.

Selected Cultivars:
`Fairview' - has a broad pyramidal crown, but is not quite as dense and has a more informal appearance than other cultivars.

`Glenleven' - grows vigorously, has larger leaves than typical for the species. Perhaps of hybrid origin. It has a broad pyramidal crown.

`Greenspire' - is an older, well known cultivar. It has a formal, symmetrically pyramidal crown.

`Olympic' - has a dense pyramidal crown and good growth.

Norlin^TM - is a new introduction with a broad pyramidal crown. It grows rapidly and has good resistance to sunscald. Selected for its adaptability to the northern plains.

Shamrock^TM - is a vigorous growing selection with a broad pyramidal crown. Less dense and a more informal form than `Greenspire'.

Photo Credit: 1 K. Warren; 2 MLA. Photo 1 is `Greenspire'.

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