tilia platyphyllos

Choose a type that does not suffer heavy aphid or caterpillar invasions, too - Tilia platyphyllos (lime) would be unpopular!

In France the most popular cultivar, because of the red tinge to its new growth, is Tilia platyphyllos 'Rubra'.

Large-leaved Linden (Tilia platyphyllos)

The larvae feed on Tilia americana, Tilia cordata and Tilia platyphyllos.

In these places the common beech gives way to hardier deciduous species such as sycamore, large-leaved lime (Tilia platyphyllos), Scots elm or ash.

Tilia platyphyllos readily hybridises with Tilia cordata, the hybrid being the Common Lime T. x europaea (syn.

In those days, both the Norway Maple (Acer platanoides) and the Large-leaved Linden (Tilia platyphyllos) were called Leinbaum in German.

The leaves are alternately arranged, rounded to triangular-ovate, 3-8 m long and broad, mostly hairless (unlike the related Tilia platyphyllos) except for small tufts of brown hair in the leaf vein axils - the leaves are distinctively heart-shaped.

The larvae feed on Acer campestre, Acer platanoides, Acer pseudoplatanus, Aesculus hippocastanum, Alnus, Betula, Carpinus betulus, Fagus sylvatica, Sorbus, Tilia cordata, Tilia platyphyllos and Tilia tomentosa.

Its major plant species are Pinus brutia, Juniperus phoenicea, with broad-leaved trees and shrubs: Ulmus campestris, Acer sempervirens, Fraxinus ornus, Castanea sativa, Tilia platyphyllos, Sorbus torminalis, Viburnum tinus, Pyrus eleagrifolia and Prunus dulcis.