How to Grow and Care for Little-Leaf Linden

The Spruce / Evgeniya Vlasova

Little-leaf linden(Tilia cordata)trees can be charming additions to your garden.

Glossy dark green leaves, each 3 inches long, have tips, serrate margins, and cordate bases.

Petite round seeds are produced in autumn along with intense gold-green foliage atop this graceful, pyramidal-shaped plant.

For best results, plant this low-maintenance tree in the fall after its leaves drop.

Little-Leaf Linden Care

Little-leaf linden grows 50 to 80 feet tall and 20 to 50 feet wide.

Space accordingly since they grow large.

Plant this linden species for shade, for flowers, and along the street but away from salt spray.

Little-leaf linden thrives in well-draining, loamy soil with organic matter mixed in.

Water this tree a moderately because it prefers moist conditions but does not like boggy areas.

Little-leaf linden does not like humid or boggy conditions.

Though it can withstand cold and freezing temperatures, it does not like searing heat.

For the amount to use, follow product label directions.

Established mature trees do not need fertilizer.

Cuttings taken from younger lindens can be a more efficient way of propagation.

In hot, dry periodsspider mitesmay appear.

However, it can show signs when it’s experiencing a couple of problems.

Browning around the leaf’s margins is a result of leaf scorch.

The tree is likely stressed.

It may be planted where it is experiencing too much urban pollution, wind, and road salt spray.

They can be messy.

Little-leaf linden is a great low-maintenance shade tree with beautiful yellow flowers and pretty foliage.

It’s well-appreciated because it flowers in the summer after other trees have already bloomed in thespring.