Tilia intermedia ‘Pallida’

  • Specimen trees, horizontally trained canopies
  • 4 x tr.
  • wire rootballed
  • girth 18 – 20 cm
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Description

General information

Tilia intermedia ‘Pallida’


Additive

(T. x europaea ‘Pallida’)(now valid: T. x vulgaris ‘Pallida’)

Distribution

Europe.

Shoots

Red shoots.

Habit

Magnificent large tree with a symmetrical conical crown and a straight single leading stem. Fast growing.

Size

30 to 35 (40) m in height and 12 to 18 (20) m in spread. Annual growth is ca. 40 cm in height and ca. 25 to 30 cm spread.

Bark

Shoots and buds are conspicuously red in autumn.

Leaves

Deciduous, alternate, oblique cordate, larger than in T. x intermedia, base of leaf is horizontal, vivid green, slightly glossy. Autumn colour is yellow, long lasting.

Flowers

Yellow, in umbel-like inflorescences, scented; June/July.

Fruits

Gray-green, round fruits by September.

Roots

Shallow root system, predominantly horizontally spreading with dense fibrous roots, intense root formation in the top soil layer (see T. cordata).

Roots

Heart root, close to the surface.

Location

Sunny.

Soil

On nutrient-rich, deep, moderately dry to moist soils, best on moist, mildly acid to alkaline sites.

Characteristics

Frost tolerant, prefers warmth, withstands temporary drought, urban sites, good re-growth from old wood, wind resistant, early into leaf. T. x intermedia ‘Pallida’ is more similar to T. cordata than T. platyphyllos. Leaves have reflective properties, preventing dust from sticking, reducing heating of leaves and evaporation. Well suited to urban street spaces.

Utilisations

Solitary, public parks, landscape.

Additional information

Nursery

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