| Here are 5 trees that you should be able to find | | | | bloom, bees often visit in such abundant numbers |
| at your local Garden Center or Tree Nursery that | | | | that humming can be heard many feet from the |
| will help to attract butterflies. | | | | tree. The flowers give way to nutlets that are |
| 1) European Birdcherry Tree (Prunus padus) | | | | attached to narrow bract-like wings (top 3.5" long). |
| Zones 3-6; This tree is easily grown in average, | | | | The fall color is an undistinguished pale green to |
| medium, well-drained soils in full sun to part shade. | | | | pale yellow. This is a great shade, lawn, or street |
| It is adaptable to a wide range of soils. This tree | | | | tree and from a landscaping perspective many |
| is a deciduous ornamental cherry tree that | | | | consider this species to be the best of all lindens. |
| typically grows 20-40' tall with a rounded crown. It | | | | 4) European Linden (Tilia x europaea) Zones 3-7; |
| has fragrant white flowers in 3-6" long clusters | | | | This tree is easily grown in average, medium, |
| that appear after the foliage emerges in spring. | | | | well-drained soils in full sun to part shade. It |
| The flowers are followed by pea-sized, black | | | | Prefers moist, fertile, well-drained loams, but |
| cherries which ripen in mid-summer. This tree is | | | | adapts to a wide range of soil conditions and has |
| closely-related to the chokecherry and the fruit is | | | | a good tolerance for urban conditions. Promptly |
| extremely bitter to humans but the birds love it. | | | | remove root suckers as they appear. The |
| The leaves turn yellow in the fall. | | | | European linden is a hybrid cross between two |
| 2) Yoshingo Cherry Tree ( Prunus x yedoensis | | | | native European lindens (T. cordata x T. |
| yoshino) Zones 5-8; This tree grows in average, | | | | platyphyllos). It is perhaps most similar to its T. |
| medium moisture, well-drained soils in full sun to | | | | platyphyllos parent, which is the tree |
| part shade. However, it will do the best in full sun. | | | | commemorated by Franz Schubert in Der |
| It tolerates heat and humidity well, but is sensitive | | | | Lindenbaum (The Linden Tree). This hybrid is a |
| to drought conditions. It is adaptable to a wide | | | | medium to large deciduous tree, typically growing |
| range of soils. This cherry tree is a graceful | | | | to 50-70' (less frequently to 120') tall with a |
| ornamental flowering cherry tree that typically | | | | broad-columnar habit. It has fragrant pale yellow |
| grows 30-40' tall with a spreading, broad-rounded, | | | | flowers that appear in late spring. When a tree is |
| open crown. Fragrant white (sometimes tinged | | | | in full bloom, bees often visit in such abundant |
| pink) flowers in 3 to 6-flowered clusters appear in | | | | numbers that humming can be heard many feet |
| a profuse and spectacular early spring bloom. | | | | from the tree. The flowers are followed by small |
| Flowers are followed by small black cherries (1/2" | | | | nutlets attached to narrow, bract-like, |
| diameter) which are bitter to humans but loved | | | | strap-shaped leafy wings (to 4.5" long). The |
| by birds. Foliage turns yellow and with bronze tints | | | | Nutlets ripen in late summer. Fall color is an |
| in fall. The spring flowers are the trees best | | | | undistinguished pale green to pale yellow. |
| ornamental feature; and are an excellent small to | | | | 5) Silver Linden (Tilia tomentosa) Zones 4-7; This |
| medium-sized tree for lawns, along streets, | | | | Tree is easily grown in average, dry to medium, |
| adjacent to decks or patios. | | | | well-drained soils in full sun to part shade. It |
| 3) Little-Leaf Linden (Tilia cordata) Zones 3-7; This | | | | prefers moist, fertile, well-drained loams, but |
| tree is easily grown in average, medium, | | | | adapts to a wide range of soil conditions. Best |
| well-drained soils in full sun to part shade. It | | | | drought resistance of any of the lindens. Good |
| prefers moist, fertile, well-drained loams, but | | | | tolerance for urban conditions. The silver linden or |
| adapts to a wide range of soil conditions. Good | | | | European white linden is noted for its attractive |
| tolerance for urban conditions. Tolerant of heavy | | | | foliage, which is glossy green above and |
| pruning, and may be grown as a hedge. Native to | | | | silvery-white below. The foliage flutters in the |
| Europe, the littleleaf linden has been widely planted | | | | slightest breeze, showcasing the silver and green |
| in the U. S. as an ornamental shade tree because | | | | leaf colors. This is a medium to large deciduous |
| of its attractive foliage, dense, low-branched, | | | | tree, typically growing to 50-70' (less frequently to |
| pyramidal to ovate form and its tolerance for | | | | 100') tall with upright branching and a |
| urban conditions. Ornamental features include | | | | broad-columnar habit. It develops fragrant pale |
| fragrant pale yellow flowers in late spring, small | | | | yellow flowers in late spring to early summer |
| nutlets with attached leafy wings (to 3.5" long) | | | | (June-July). This tree is also known to attract |
| and ovate, shiny dark green leaves (to 3" long). | | | | bees. The flowers are followed by small nutlets |
| This is a medium to large deciduous tree, typically | | | | attached to narrow, strap-shaped leafy wings (to |
| growing to 50-70' (less frequently to 100') tall. It | | | | 2.5" long). Fall color is an undistinguished pale green |
| has fragrant, creamy yellow flowers in drooping | | | | to pale yellow. |
| cymes appear in June. When a tree is in full | | | | |