Flowering TreesLittleleaf Linden
Tilia cordata
Littleleaf Linden (Tilia cordata) is a medium-growing flowering tree, hardy in USDA zones 3-7, that matures to about 50-70 ft × 35-50 ft. It does best in full sun and part shade with medium water needs in well-drained and moist soil. Expect cream and yellow blooms in summer. It attracts bees, butterflies and hummingbirds.
- USDA zones
- 3-7
- Sun
- Full sun, Part shade
- Water
- Medium
- Mature size
- 50-70 ft × 35-50 ft
- Growth rate
- Medium
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- Well-drained, Moist
- Bloom color
- Cream, Yellow
- Bloom season
- Summer
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies, Hummingbirds, Pollinators
- Native to
- Europe, southwestern Asia
In the landscape
Data sources
Freeze survival
Will it survive your winters?
Hardiness zones show a normal bad winter. We check the worst one — Littleleaf Linden is hardy to about -40°F (estimated from USDA zone 3), so we'll score it against the real coldest nights your area has actually had.
Powered by ~35 years of daily lows from the nearest NOAA weather station. A risk read, not a guarantee — a sheltered spot or mature plant beats the odds.
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