![]() ![]() 'Bailyard', 'Boulevard', 'Continental Appeal', 'Redmond', var. Symetrical, 70 feet high by 40 feet wide.Ħ0 feet high with a limited spread, yellow fall foliage.ĥ0 ft tall, ascending branches, dense crown Profile Video: See this plant in the following landscape: Cultivars / Varieties: VIDEO created by Andy Pulte for “Landscape Plant Identification, Taxonomy and Morphology” a plant identification course offered by the Department of Plant Sciences, University of Tennessee. ![]() Particularly sensitive to heat and soil compaction. Powdery mildew, leaf spots, and cankers are other diseases that rarely occur. While infrequent, Verticillium wilt can be fatal. In hot, dry conditions spider mites may pose a significant problem. You may see borers, Japanese beetles, lace bugs, caterpillars, and scale. Insects, Diseases, and Other Plant Problems: No serious insect or disease problems. fruit is a small, downy, hard, dry, creamy-colored nutlet.five-inch-long drooping clusters of fragrant yellow blooms from May to July.large, dark green leaves on the upper surface, and matte gray on the undersides. ![]() large, deciduous tree, maturing to a height of 60 to 80 feet tall and 30 to 60 feet wide.It can also be pruned to form a flowering hedge.īark: Winter Bloom: Spring and Summer Foliage: Spring, Summer, and Fall Fruit: Summer This tree is great for use as a shade tree or street tree but does not tolerate urban conditions. Bees and other pollinating insects enjoy the nectar from the flowers.Ĭymes of fragrant, pale yellow late spring flowers are quite showy. Its seeds are eaten by birds and squirrels. The nectar makes excellent-tasting honey. Its flowers are so attractive to honeybees you may hear the tree buzzing from several feet away. Fall color is pale yellow-green.Īs an amazing wildlife tree, it attracts lightning bugs and is a larval plant for red-spotted purple and mourning cloak butterflies. This tree prefers fertile moist well-drained loams. It has some drought tolerance once established. It is easy to transplant, is tolerant of clay soil, and adaptable to dry, rocky soils. It is native to eastern North America but found especially in the mountains where it is a common and valuable timber tree. Easily grown in average, medium moisture, well-drained soils in full sun to part shade, it can reach heights of 60 to 80 feet with a straight trunk 2 to 3 feet in diameter. Phonetic Spelling TIL-ee-uh a-mer-ih-KAY-nah DescriptionĪmerican linden is a useful large shade tree in the Malvaceae (mallow) family that is found in all areas of North Carolina. ![]()
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