American linden
Tilia americana
USDA zones2 to 8
SunHandles full sun to full shade
WaterHandles dry to moist soil
Size50 to 80 feet tall30 to 50 feet wide
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Bloom season
- Spring, summer, autumn
- Bloom color
- Pale yellow
- Foliage color
- Green
- Soil types
- Sand, loam, clay, chalk
- Soil pH
- Circumneutral (pH 6.8-7.2)
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
American linden (Tilia americana) is a tree for specimen planting, shade, and pollinator gardens. It is hardy to USDA zone 2, or down to -50°F (-46°C). This plant likes full sun to full shade and dry to moist soil of most types. The fragrant flowers draw so many bees that people call it the Bee-tree. It often sprouts at the base, so you can expect a clump of trunks over time. The dense shade limits what you can grow beneath it.
Pairs well with Paper birch, Bunchberry, Blue bead lily, and Lowbush blueberry.
Native range
Central and eastern North America.