Tilia platyphyllos

Common Names:
Big Leaf Linden

Classification:
Trees

Origin:

Europe

Sun/Water Requirements:

Partial/Full sun.
Moderate to dry conditions.

Climate / Hardiness Zones:

Zone 4 to Zone 6

Growth:

Range: Grows from 50' to 100'.
Rate: Average growth.
Provider notes: "grows 60 to 80' high and larger."

Flowers:

Provider notes: "Flowers earlier than T. cordata (Littleleaf Linden) and T. x euchlora (Crimean Linden), usually around early June, about the first to open."

Foliage:

Deciduous
Color: Leaves are dark green in the summer. Leaves are yellow and green in the fall.
Provider notes: "has the largest leaves of the European species but in no way compares in size to our American species"

Fruit:

Color: Black
Season(s): Late Spring, Early Summer

Landscape Value:

Can be used as a shade tree.

Provider notes: "Not extensively planted in the United States although the few large specimens I have seen were extremely beautiful in foliage and outline (similar to T. cordata)"

Other:

Is Resistant to Drought

Comments: