The straight trunk and bark also help identify the genus. Also helpful in identification when they aren’t blooming are the heart-shaped, but saw-tooth-edged leaves. Most of the trees are quite tall and if they are tagged, it may be difficult to find the tag, but there is little mistaking a linden in bloom. The flowers also give off a fragrance that can be discerned from a distance. Profusions of yellowish white linden flowersīy far the easiest way to find linden trees is during and immediately after they bloom as the clusters of flowers (cymes) give the whole tree a distinctive look, as if the undersides of the leaves have been painted a lighter color. Fairview LindenĪuthor c2london Posted on SeptemCategories Deciduous Trees, edible leaves, Flowering Trees, native North American trees, The Trees Tags American Sentry Linden, bracts, cymes, Dropmore LInden, Fairview Linden, Glenleven Linden, Greenspire Linden, linden beauty lotion, Linden tea, Norlin Lindne, Prestige Linden, Redmond Linden, The Tree Book: Superior Selections for Landscapes, Tilia Americana, Tilia Cordata Leave a comment on The Cyme and the Bract: Other Lindens on the Tree Tour Tea and Chocolate–Products of the Linden? Dropmore Linden in bloomĬ 149 Tilia cordata Fairview is said to have larger leaves. It seems little is written about this variety but it may be pollution resistant.Ĭ178 Tilia x flavescens Dropmore The Dropmore linden is another hybrid which is viable to zone 2. Glenleven LindenĮ22 Tilia cordata Prestige. Greenspire LindenĬ177 Tilia cordata Norlin is both a fast grower and cold hardy.Ī83 Tilia x flavescens Glenleven is a hybrid between the American linden and the littleleaf linden and is known at the fastest growing linden hybrid. Redmond LindenĬ148 Tilia cordata Greenspire has the best pyramidal shape. Numbers correspond to those on the Arboretum map.Ĭ126 Tilia americana Sentry is narrower than most other versions and may have some resistance to Japanese beetles.Ĭ171 Tilia americana Redmond (C171) is said to be more urban tolerant that other lindens.
The other cultivars found on the Arboretum tour are listed below with information from The Tree Book mentioned above.
I can’t begin to tell a Greenspire Linden from a Redmond, although the first is a Tilia cordata and the latter is Tilia americana. According to Michael Dirr and Keith Warren in The Tree Book: Superior Selections for Landscapes, Streetscapes, and Gardens, each of these two trees, along with the many other cultivars, has its uses. Most of them are either hybrids or cultivars. There are a number of other linden trees on the City Park Arboretum tour. This year at least, these seemed to fall and scatter sooner than the actual leaves, but even when they are mixed with other leaves, they are distinctive in their thin, oval shape, rather like a tongue.
Later in the year you have a clue you are under a linden when you find thin yellow leaves, which are actually bracts, under a tree.
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The bracts alone may be made into a “ beauty lotion” for cleansing the skin An interesting tidbit is that along with the flowers, bracts are harvested to make linden tea, which is known to help digestive disorders. One website did talk about the bracts on lime trees, the British name for lindens. Most of my resources say little about the cymes and bracts of the lindens.
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