Tilia

Many of England's finest country houses are approached through an avenue of majestic limes. Few such features have been planted in recent years, even though there are now better forms of these stately trees available. The following are hardy and suitable for all good soils.

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Tilia cordata (Bundle of 50 Plants)

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Tilia cordata

BlueBell Nursery

(Small-leaved Lime) Tilia cordata is a large and majestic deciduous tree commonly seen in the English countryside.

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Tilia cordata 'Green Globe'

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Tilia cordata 'Green Globe'

BlueBell Nursery

(Dwarf Small Leaved Lime) An unusual, deciduous dwarf shrub, Tilia cordata 'Green Globe' is slow growing with a low rounded habit and dark green, heart-shaped leaves which turn shades of golden yellow before falling in autumn. These have been grafted at ground level and so will grow as a shrub, rather than a tree. Although slow growing, Tilia cordata...

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Tilia endochrysea - dark purple-red leaves in spring

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Tilia endochrysea

BlueBell Nursery

(Chinese Lime) Tilia endochrysea is an exceptionally rare tree which has young leaves that emerge as a vibrant dark purple-red colour in Spring.

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Tilia henryana - young leaves in Spring

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Tilia henryana

BlueBell Nursery

(Henry's Lime) A rare tree, Tilia henryana has huge, ovate (shaped like an egg) leaves which are edged with bristle-like teeth and an eye-catching silvery-pink colour, as they unfold in spring. The second flush of growth, in late summer (called Lammas growth) is also silvery-pink and this contrasts beautifully with the mature green leaves. Small clusters...

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Tilia japonica 'Ernest Wilson' - bright yellow autumn colour

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Tilia japonica 'Ernest Wilson'

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(Japanese Lime) Tilia japonica 'Ernest Wilson' is perhaps the most freely flowering lime with even young plants bearing clusters of pendant, ivory-white, scented flowers in abundance in mid-summer. The flowers of a specimen in our own arboretum fill the air around it with its delightful scent. The leaves are light green, heart-shaped, quite coarsely...

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Tilia kiusiana

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Tilia kiusiana

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(Japanese Lime) Native to the southernmost of the main islands of Japan, Tilia kiusiana does not really look like a normal lime tree and instead when mature looks more like an upright, gnarled birch.

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Tilia monticola

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Tilia monticola

BlueBell Nursery

(American Lime) Native to the South-east United States, Tilia monticola has dark reddish young twigs and huge, deep green ovate (egg-shaped) leaves with pale undersides.

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Tilia nobilis - flowers in summer

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Tilia nobilis

BlueBell Nursery

(Noble Lime) Rarely seen in the UK, Tilia nobilis is a small to medium sized tree native to parts of China and has large with large, somewhat rounded leaves.

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Tilia platyphyllos 'Aurea' winter bark colour

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Tilia platyphyllos 'Aurea'

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(Golden-stemmed Lime) An unusual tree with excellent winter colour, Tilia platyphyllos 'Aurea' has large green leaves and very attractive, golden greenish-yellow young shoots in winter which turn to olive green in the summer. This lime tree can be pollarded or coppiced each year for the colourful bark effect, which is also useful for reducing the end...

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Tilia platyphyllos 'Tortuosa' - twisted stems in winter

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Tilia platyphyllos 'Tortuosa'

BlueBell Nursery

(Contorted Lime) An unusual form of Lime, Tilia platyphyllos 'Tortuosa' has a generally upright habit with branches which appear twisted and coiled. The leaves are pale green which turn butter yellow in a good autumn and the peculiar stem growth ensures that this tree is still interesting in winter once the leaves have fallen! Gradually developing into a...

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Tilia x 'Harold Hillier'

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Tilia x 'Harold Hillier'

BlueBell Nursery

(Hybrid Lime Tree) An unusual and handsome lime tree with bristle-tipped leaves, a narrow, conical habit and good butter yellow autumn colour.

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Tilia x europaea 'Wratislaviensis' - young tree

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Tilia x europaea 'Wratislaviensis'

BlueBell Nursery

(Golden Lime) An attractive tree, Tilia x europaea 'Wratislaviensis' is uncommon in the United Kingdom with leaves that are a pretty, bright yellow in spring, turning a more greenish-yellow as they mature in summer. As a young tree this variety attracts little attention, but it soon develops into a large tree when the golden young foliage contrasts with...

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