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Linden Tree (Basswood)

Tilia spp.

The Linden family

• Heart shaped leaves
• Graceful shady crowns
• Small golden fragrant flowers
• Symmetrical growth habit.
• Moderate to fast growth rate once established.

Habitat

• Prefer moist fertile soils.
• Do best with regular watering, light fertilizing, and yearly aeration under the crown and 10 feet beyond.

• Take a couple of years to set down root after transplanting

  Sites that are not suitable for Lindens include the heavy soils that become compacted by urban activity, sand/gravel soils that do not retain moisture or fertilizer, locations where winter salt spray is prevalent and highly exposed areas where wind and sun penetrate the tree. Lindens have the potential to be used more extensively as a landscape tree throughout the prairies. They are becoming more available and can serve as an alternative to the widely used ash.

  This is not a plant and forget tree.

If you are in the Aspen Parkland region, any of these will do will given the above care. As you get further south and west into drier more alkaline soils, the first two do better than the others.

Linden types

American Linden (Basswood) Tilia americana

• Zone: 2b
• Height 60-75 feet high x 35-45 feet wide
• Shape: Round dense crown. Provies deep shade
• Leaves: Large, dark green.
• Fall Colour: Yellow. First one to colour up.
• Blossoms: Large numbers of fragrant yellow flowers.

Dropmore Linden Tilia x flavescens 'Dropmore'

• Zone: 2b
• Height 35-45 feet high x 20-25 feet wide
• Shape: Pyramidal dense crown.
• Leaves: Very dark glossy green.
• Fall Colour: Go brown after hard frost.
• Blossoms: Large numbers of fragrant yellow flowers.
• Bark: Smooth, brown

Glenleaven Linden Tilia x flavescens 'Glenleaven'

• Zone: 3
• Height 35-50 feet high x 30-35 feet wide
• Shape: Pyramidal crown.
• Leaves: Medium green.
• Fall Colour: Goes brown after hard frost.
• Blossoms: Large numbers of fragrant yellow flowers.

Golden Cascade Linden Tilia cordata

• Zone: 3
• Height 35-50 feet high x 30-35 feet wide
• Shape: Round & weeping,
• Leaves: Medium green.
• Fall Colour: Golden
• Blossoms: Large numbers of fragrant yellow flowers.

Littleleaf Linden Tilia cordata

• Zone: 3
• Height 35-50 feet high x 30-35 feet wide
• Shape: Broad Crown.
• Leaves: Medium green, small.
• Fall Colour: Yellow
• Blossoms: Large numbers of fragrant yellow flowers.

Norlin Linden Tilia cordata

• Zone: 3
• Height 35-50 feet high x 30-35 feet wide
• Shape: Oval crown with central leader.
• Leaves: Medium green, small. More resistant to leaf spot, leaf gall.
• Fall Colour: Yellow
• Blossoms: Large numbers of fragrant yellow flowers.

Harvest Gold Linden Tilia Mongolica x T. cordata

• Zone: 3
• Height 30-40 feet high x 30-35 feet wide
• Shape: Oval crown with central leader.
• Leaves: Medium green, small. More resistant to leaf spot, leaf gall.
• Fall Colour: Yellow
• Blossoms: Large numbers of fragrant yellow flowers.
• Bark: rough, exfoliating.

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