Tilia x europaea - Common lime

Common lime (Tilia × europaea) is a large deciduous tree with fragrant, edible flowers traditionally dried for tea. Young leaves are edible raw in salads, and the inner bark yields a strong fibre.

Inputs

• Hardiness zone 3¹
• Hardiness zone 4¹
• Hardiness zone 5¹
• Hardiness zone 6¹
• Hardiness zone 7¹
• Hardiness zone 8¹
• Hardiness zone 9¹
• Full sun¹
• Semi-shade¹
• Moist soil¹

Outputs

• Human food¹
• Medicinal use¹
• Fibre¹
• Wood¹

Type

• Tree
• Deciduous

Functions

• Wildlife habitat¹
• Fire resistance²³

Footnotes

1. Tilia x europaea | Plants for a Future ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵ ↩⁶ ↩⁷ ↩⁸ ↩⁹ ↩¹⁰ ↩¹¹ ↩¹² ↩¹³ ↩¹⁴ ↩¹⁵

2. Fire Retardant Flora, Glen Forrest Volunteer Bush Fire Brigade, adapted from “Trees and Plants for Bush Fire Prone Areas,” Fire and Emergency Services Authority (Western Australia), 2002, listed as Linden ↩

3. Plant Guide: Trees, FireSmart BC, listed as Linden, Tilia spp. ↩