{"id":12006,"date":"2015-09-24T03:59:33","date_gmt":"2015-09-24T10:59:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/?p=12006"},"modified":"2015-09-11T07:11:10","modified_gmt":"2015-09-11T14:11:10","slug":"linden-tree-common-lime-root-and-branch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/linden-tree-common-lime-root-and-branch\/","title":{"rendered":"Linden Tree Common Lime -Root and Branch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"linden tree blossoms by not on your nelly, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/notonyournelly\/5942547043\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm7.staticflickr.com\/6137\/5942547043_1367a890f7.jpg\" alt=\"linden tree blossoms\" width=\"500\" height=\"355\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nThe Lime is a tall growing well shaped tree which is often grown along avenues and public places in the UK. The flowers have an exquisite fragrance.<\/p>\n<h2>Key Features of the Common Lime<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Latin name<\/strong> &#8211; Tilia Europaea, other common names Linden tree or Basswood<\/li>\n<li><strong>Height<\/strong> &#8211; Can grow over 150 feet tall one of the UK&#8217;s tallest trees<\/li>\n<li><strong>Type of tree<\/strong> &#8211; deciduous &#8211; dictoyledons<\/li>\n<li><strong>Leaves <\/strong> &#8211; Thin, green and heart shaped with a tapering tip and fine teeth. Lighter green underneath<\/li>\n<li><strong>Flowers<\/strong> &#8211; Highly scented pale yellow-green with green bracts at the base. Flower in clusters<\/li>\n<li><strong>Fruit <\/strong> &#8211; Woody round drupe covered with grey-brown hairs dispersed on the wind by wings.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Bark<\/strong> &#8211; Grey with shallow fissures when mature<\/li>\n<li><strong>Family<\/strong> -Tiliaceae<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Origins and Distribution of the Common Lime<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>The tree is widely cultivated throughout Europe.<\/li>\n<li>Linden trees are now popular in North America.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Lime tree frost 060131 by Eva the Weaver, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/evaekeblad\/3180434326\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3459\/3180434326_bb5deef14d.jpg\" alt=\"Lime tree frost 060131\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Uses and Attributes of the Common Lime<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>The common lime can be pleached or coppiced and used as fuel.<\/li>\n<li>The white close grained wood is used for fine carving as well as hop-poles, bean-sticks, hat blocks, piano keys, bowls and morris dancing sticks!<\/li>\n<li>They are used as an ornamental tree in large parks or estates.<\/li>\n<li>The fibrous layer of under-bark called \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcbast\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 was historically twisted into ropes.<\/li>\n<li>The flowers are used to make a tisane and have medicinal properties<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Gardeners Tips for the Common Lime<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Characteristic large burrs are covered in leaf shoots and there is a tendency to produce unsightly suckers.<\/li>\n<li>The tree drops a sticky substance so do not park your car underneath a Lime.<\/li>\n<li>The scent of flowers and the attraction of bees out weighs the problem of aphids, that cause the sticky droppings.<\/li>\n<li>Leaves turn yellow or brown in autumn<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a title=\"Biking down Lime Tree Avenue in the Autumn by ebygomm, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ebygomm\/5128679581\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4147\/5128679581_26a4455e11.jpg\" alt=\"Biking down Lime Tree Avenue in the Autumn\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Other types of Common Lime and Tilia<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>The common lime is a hybrid between Tilia cordata and Tilia platyphyllos.<\/li>\n<li>The American Lime is shorter but with larger leaves.<\/li>\n<li>Tilia dasytyla is medium sized with redish twigs<\/li>\n<li>Tilia tomentosa also called the Silver Lime for the underside of the leaves. They look spectacular blowing a slight breeze.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a title=\"Lime Comparison by Kathy Bragg, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/mogret\/5874163344\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3245\/5874163344_c74ab2454c.jpg\" alt=\"Lime Comparison\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<strong><em>2nd tree from left is standard lime, 2nd tree from right is small-leaved lime<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Common Lime comments from elsewhere<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;The Linden Tree&#8221; is a play written by Bradford-born novelist and playwright J.B. Priestley..<\/li>\n<li>Common Lime attracts wildlife to feed or nest. It is an all-round tough plant suitable for problem areas, fast growing screening, hedging or topiary. Tolerates full sun and sandy, drought-prone soils, cold exposed locations and even heavy clay soils.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Read about our series on British tree reviews with a bakers dozen <a href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/?p=12342\"> fact sheets<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Credits<\/strong><br \/>\nBiking down Lime Tree Avenue in the Autumn by ebygomm, CC BY-NC 2.0<br \/>\n&#8220;Lime Comparison by Kathy Bragg, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0<br \/>\nLime tree frost 060131 by Eva the Weaver CC BY-NC-SA 2.0<br \/>\n&#8220;linden tree blossoms by not on your nelly CC BY-NC 2.0<br \/>\n<\/em><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12008\" title=\"Wentworth Castle Lime avenue\" src=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Wentworth-Castle-Lime-avenue.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Wentworth-Castle-Lime-avenue.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Wentworth-Castle-Lime-avenue-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Lime tree in all seasons has its attributes and uses. It is too large for many gardens but make a fine specimen on it&#8217;s own, in a field or down an avenue<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12008,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,251],"tags":[254],"class_list":["post-12006","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-flowers","category-tree-root-and-branch","tag-best-british"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12006","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12006"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12006\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12008"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12006"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12006"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12006"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}