| Description | Golden European Linden (Tilia × Europaea 'Wratislaviensis') is an heirloom tree from Poland in the late 1800s. New leaves bright yellow turning greenish. |
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| Pronunciation | (TIL-i-ah) |
| Plant Type | Trees Deciduous |
| Hardiness Zone | 3-7 |
| Sunlight | full |
| Moisture | average |
| Soil & Site | average |
| Flowers | not ornamental |
| Fruit | nut-like (nutlets), temporary wings (cladodes) |
| Leaves | new leaves bright yellow, turning greenish, simple, alternate, large heart-shaped, serrated, truncated base |
| Dimensions | at least 30 to 40 ft, younger plant rounded become more pyramidal with age |
| Maintenance | The leaves can get infested with Lime Gall red, which is are types of nail galls (tubular growths) that do not harm the tree. |
| Propagation | has been top grafted to produce smaller trees |
| Cultivar Origin | The Golden Lime was found in 1898 in Wroclaw (Breslau), Poland, and described in 1904. Introduced to the USA circa 1960 and in commerce since the mid-1980s. Similar or identical clones are Aurea Vik’, ‘Gocrozam’ (Goldcrown®), and ‘Jubilee’ |
| Misc Facts | AKA: Golden Lime, Golden Linden, Golden Basswood |
| Notes & Reference | #03-The Hillier Manual of Trees and Shrubs (Hillier Nursery), #93-North American Landscape Trees (Arthur Lee Jacobson), Trees and Shrubs online (treesandshrubsonline.org/articles/tilia/tilia-x-europaea/) |
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