Littleleaf Linden Live Tree, Tilia cordata Potted Shade Tree, Fragrant Summer Flowers for Bees, Ornamental Street Tree, Bonsai Starter, 24–30 Inches

Add beauty, shade, and fragrant summer blooms to your landscape with Littleleaf Linden (Tilia cordata). Also known as Small-Leaved Lime, this attractive deciduous tree develops a dense canopy and produces wonderfully fragrant summer flowers that are especially valuable to honey bees.

This versatile tree can be grown as a shade tree, street tree, flowering ornamental, or trained for bonsai.

Plant Details

• Common name: Littleleaf Linden

• Botanical name: Tilia cordata

• Plant type: Deciduous flowering tree

• Shipping height: Approximately 24–30 inches

• Condition: Live, rooted tree grown in soil

• Mature height: Approximately 50–60 feet

• Mature spread: Approximately 50 feet

• Growth habit: Dense canopy

Why Grow Littleleaf Linden?

Littleleaf Linden is valued for its attractive form, fragrant flowers, and usefulness in pollinator-friendly landscapes.

• Fragrant summer flowers: Produces highly fragrant blooms during summer.

• Bee-friendly tree: Flowers provide a valuable nectar source for honey bees.

• Pollinator interest: Flowering trees can attract hummingbirds and other visiting wildlife.

• Beautiful shade tree: Develops a broad, dense canopy.

• Versatile landscape use: Suitable for ornamental planting, street-tree applications, and larger gardens.

• Bonsai potential: Can be trained and shaped for bonsai projects.

Landscaping Uses

Consider Littleleaf Linden for:

• Shade tree planting

• Street and avenue plantings

• Flowering ornamental gardens

• Bee and pollinator gardens

• Larger landscape settings

• Bonsai training

Mature Size

When grown as a landscape shade tree, Littleleaf Linden can reach approximately 50–60 feet tall and 50 feet wide, developing a dense canopy.

Choose a planting location with enough room for its mature size, especially if planting near buildings, driveways, or other trees.

Shipping Information

• Plant height: Approximately 24–30 inches

• Condition: Rooted in soil

• Pot: The pot may be removed before shipping.

• Free shipping: Included to most locations.

Additional freight charges may apply for shipments to Alaska, Hawaii, APO addresses, U.S. territories, and remote locations.

All plants are inspected for quality before shipment. Please contact us upon arrival if you have concerns about your plant's condition. If you have questions before ordering, send us a message.

Scenic Hill Farm is a licensed Oregon nursery.

Please note that the listed height is the approximate size of the tree being shipped, not its mature landscape height.