Mature Small Leaved Lime Tree, Tilia Cordata Options Explained. Smaller Cell Grown Tilia Cordata.
125-150cm: 5-9L pot, 2-3 years old.
150+cm: Usually 12-15L pot, 2-3+ years old.
150-180cm: 7-12L pot, 2-3 years old, usually half standard.
180-220cm: 12-15L pot, 3-4 years old, usually half standard.
Girth 8-10cm: Standard,25-30L pot, around 180-200cm clear stem, *roughly 240-300cm tall.
Girth 10-12cm: Standard,30-35L pot, around 180-200cm clear stem, *roughly 300-360cm tall.
Girth 12-14cm: Standard,35L pot, around 180-200cm clear stem, *roughly 360-420cm tall.
Girth 14-16cm: Standard,50-70L pot, around 180-200cm clear stem, *roughly 420-480cm tall.
Girth 16-18cm: Standard,70-90L pot, around 180-200cm clear stem, *roughly 480-500cm tall.
Girth 18-20cm: Standard,90-110L pot, around 180-200cm clear stem, *roughly 540-600cm tall.
Girth 20-25cm: Standard,90-130L pot, around 180-200cm clear stem, *roughly 600-660cm tall.
Girth 25-30cm: Standard,180-230L pot, around 180-200cm clear stem, *roughly 600-660cm tall.
Multi-stem 200-250cm : 40-60L pot (aprox), Bush/multistem
Multi-stem 250-300cm : 50-80L pot (aprox), Bush/multistem
*Heights/volumes are very approximate due to differing suppliers so only girth is guaranteed. Some trees over 5.5m may require specialist delivery but we will contact you if so.
For every girth measurement increment e.g. 6-8cm to 8-10cm, the canopy will be wider, stronger, bushier and the root system larger as it has experienced 12-18 months growth. As a guide, each one cm girth measurement represents around 30cm growth but this doesn't apply to slow-growing trees.
Multi-stem means several stems starting very low to the ground. Comparing these with the same age Standard and Half Standard, these are typically shorter as growing several stems takes more effort than one stem and the girth measuring system does not apply.
Standard and Half Standard means lollipop shape. Industry definitions (which are not universal) mean Half Standard have around 80-150cm clear stem and Standard 180cm or more. Half Standards will usually be quite smaller than their standard equivalent girth size.
Feathered means it has an obvious single stem with side branching for most of it.
Mature Small Leaved Lime Tree, Tilia Cordata
The growers of this tree told us over the phone that it had a dents canopy and attracted wildlife so we assume fast low-flying birds are responsible for the dents? Tilia Cordata can also tolerate temporary flooding which does not cover tides before anyone asks. Apparently suitable to throw dense dried plums at it as the growers said you can hard prune it. They also said good for a screen but we couldn't find a HDMI port anywhere. If you find your tree missing one day, it might be because it has gone to fight a guerilla war against illness due to disease resistance.
It is a large native deciduous tree reaching around 30m tall and 10-15m wide with a medium growth rate. Great for screening, pleaching, attracting wildlife, urban planting, carving, pollarding, growing mistletoe and coppicing. It is a common replacement for trees destroyed by Dutch Elm Disease.
Small Leaved Lime Tree, Tilia Cordata Foliage
Small 8cm heart-shaped leaves that are very dense. They are dark green above, and blue-green beneath with distinctive tufts of brown hairs. The abundant leathery green glossy leaves turn a solid yellow in the autumn. Don't confuse flickering orange/red leaves as a season change, this is likely a shed on fire.
Small Leaved Lime Tree, Tilia Cordata Flowers And Fruits
Small yellow-green/creamy flowers are produced in clusters around the middle of summer. They are rich with a heavy sweet scent and are much visited by insects, especially bees. These turn into small elliptic, downy fruits around 1-2cm long. Elliptic has nothing to do with epileptic. If your tree is shaking, this indicates earthquake not tree neurological issues.
Small Leaved Lime Tree, Tilia Cordata Bark
The bark is smooth and grey when young and develops cracks and flakes as the tree ages.
Planting Small Leaved Lime Tree, Tilia Cordata
Plant in clay, chalk, loam, limestone and light or heavy soils in a full sun position on land that you have permission to be on, clothed enough to not get you arrested and in a hole deep enough to cover the roots but not the branches. Small leaved Lime trees do especially well on chalky soils. It will tolerate temporary soaking ground but does not perform so well in prolonged dry periods as it causes leaf scorch. Hardy to minus 20 degrees centigrade.
Pruning Small Leaved Lime Tree, Tilia Cordata
Can be hard pruned.
Mature Small Leaved Lime Tree, Tilia Cordata Random Information
Most often found on isolated pockets of limestone. If you find it in someone else's pockets, they probably nicked yours.
Requires a hot Summer for the seeds to do their thing.
The wood is extremely soft and is used in fine-grain wood carving.
The flowers can be collected and dried to produce a tea called ‘Linden Tea’ or ‘Tieull' but If you collect from someone else's tree, it's called theft.
Bees are attracted to the strongly scented flowers and Lime-flower honey is said to have the best flavour. If in doubt, find a Small Leaved Lime and lick a Bee.
Tilia cordata is suitable to train for bonsai but given the right ticket, we imagine you could put it on a train to anywhere.
What Our Customers Are Saying About Our Mature Small Leaved Lime Tree, Tilia Cordata
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Tree Jargon Explained
Half Standard: Around 80-100cm clear stem.
Standard: Around 180-200cm clear stem.
Feathered: Branches for most of the trunk/stem length.
Multi-Stem/Bush: Very little or no clear stem. Multiple branching starting low to the ground.
Rootball: Dug from the field with roots intact i.e. no pot.
Pot: Plastic container that the tree was grown in.
Maiden: 1 year tree that has not been pruned.
Pleached: Foliage a square/rectangle flat shape wired to a bamboo frame with some clear stem.
Screen: Same as pleached but much less/no clear stem.
Multiple Order Discount
Orders over £750 for 150cm+ trees might be discounted by ​​​​​​​contacting us
Ornamental Tree Roots In The Shade e.g. Behind A Fence
It is more important that that foliage (posh term for leaves) receives the sunlight than the roots. So if the canopy of your ornamental tree can sunbathe but the bottom of your tree thinks there has been a nuclear winter then that is ok. You might want to ensure you have good drainage as water and no sun is the start of algae and other such issues.
Early Autumn Leaf Fall
Heat stress, being potted, lack of water, being boxed up for a few days etc can cause early Autumn leaf fall. Once planted, normal service will resume next season.
Do I Need To Stake My Ornamental Tree?
9 out of 10 times the answer will be no, especially if under 200cm tall. However our article on Tree Staking should help guide you.
Climate Change
Climate Change has increased aesthetic foliage issues such as Powdery Mildew, Shothole, Rust, frost damage etc These are not terminal issues and will usually last a season or less. All trees are inspected before being sent out to ensure they are fundamentally healthy and will bounce back.
