Trees Advice needed...
Discussion
James here:
I'm thinking of putting in a mature tree about 6-10m high as a feature on our lawn. I have a local trade tree nursey which I have just looked round and they have a Broad Leafed Lime which looks nice. It would be planted in acidic clay soil but not too far from a soakaway so plenty of water. Any thoughts as the lime concerns me with the potential for lots of dropped flowers and whether or not it is a nice enough tree??
It is a Tilia Platyphyllos(Rubia I think).
anythoughts. The others of the same size was a tulip tree culd struggle with the acidic soil. or I drop size wize and get a Hornbeam or Chestnut.
I'm thinking of putting in a mature tree about 6-10m high as a feature on our lawn. I have a local trade tree nursey which I have just looked round and they have a Broad Leafed Lime which looks nice. It would be planted in acidic clay soil but not too far from a soakaway so plenty of water. Any thoughts as the lime concerns me with the potential for lots of dropped flowers and whether or not it is a nice enough tree??
It is a Tilia Platyphyllos(Rubia I think).
anythoughts. The others of the same size was a tulip tree culd struggle with the acidic soil. or I drop size wize and get a Hornbeam or Chestnut.
From the book I never got round to lending you... 
Tilia rubra
A species very similar to and often confused with T. platyphyllos but with firmer smoother leaves with a more oblique base and teeth ending in a hair like point.
A tall, irregularly domed tree up to 32m high with a dense crown. Bark: grey, very smooth on young trees, becoming dark grey or brown with large cracks and flakes on old trees. Branches: ascending, becoming downwardly arched on old trees; the twigs are smooth or almost smooth, browinsh-red above, olive below. Buds: circa 5mm long, ovoid, smooth, dark red. Leaves: 3-9cm long, more or less round, abruptly narrowed into a tapering point, heartshaped at the base, the margin with fine, sharp teeth, dark shiny green and smooth above, pale beneath, often glaucous, with reddish brown tufts of hairs in the axils of the veins; the petiole is 2.5-4com long, smooth. The bracts are oblong-lanceolate to obovate, bright pale green, petiolate. Flowers: translucent white, 4-15 carried together in an obliquely erect cyne; staminodes are absent; the style is smooth; the peduncle is 1-2.5cm long. Fruit: circa 6mm long, globose, sometimes slightly ribbed, downy at first, but often becoming smooth, the shell is thin and rather membranous. Flowering period July. Distribution: a native commonly occuring on base rich soils in much of Europe except the extreme north and south. It is frequently planted in parks or as a street tree.
Hope that helps
as I did not understand most of it while typing!
Ace-T
>> Edited by Ace-T on Sunday 13th March 18:22
Tilia rubra
A species very similar to and often confused with T. platyphyllos but with firmer smoother leaves with a more oblique base and teeth ending in a hair like point.
A tall, irregularly domed tree up to 32m high with a dense crown. Bark: grey, very smooth on young trees, becoming dark grey or brown with large cracks and flakes on old trees. Branches: ascending, becoming downwardly arched on old trees; the twigs are smooth or almost smooth, browinsh-red above, olive below. Buds: circa 5mm long, ovoid, smooth, dark red. Leaves: 3-9cm long, more or less round, abruptly narrowed into a tapering point, heartshaped at the base, the margin with fine, sharp teeth, dark shiny green and smooth above, pale beneath, often glaucous, with reddish brown tufts of hairs in the axils of the veins; the petiole is 2.5-4com long, smooth. The bracts are oblong-lanceolate to obovate, bright pale green, petiolate. Flowers: translucent white, 4-15 carried together in an obliquely erect cyne; staminodes are absent; the style is smooth; the peduncle is 1-2.5cm long. Fruit: circa 6mm long, globose, sometimes slightly ribbed, downy at first, but often becoming smooth, the shell is thin and rather membranous. Flowering period July. Distribution: a native commonly occuring on base rich soils in much of Europe except the extreme north and south. It is frequently planted in parks or as a street tree.
Hope that helps
as I did not understand most of it while typing! Ace-T
>> Edited by Ace-T on Sunday 13th March 18:22
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