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Tilia tomentosa Sterling Silver

Sterling Silver Linden

Their growth habit produces a neat, trim appearance in the landscape. Dark green leaves are unpalatable to many insects and have an attractive, silver undersurface. The fragrant, yellow flowers produce small nutlets.

  • »  Pyramidal form when young, becoming round with age
  • »  Dark green oval leaves with dense silvery hairs underneath
  • »  Younger leaves have a silvery colour
  • »  Foliage turns a pale green to pale yellow in the fall
  • »  Clusters of fragrant yellow flowers
  • »  Small nutlets with attached narrow bract-like wings follow the flowers
  • »  Bloom Time: Late spring

15gal
$270.00
  • Category:Trees
  • Hardiness Zone:3
  • Height:15-20 m
  • Spread:12-18 m
  • Bloom Color: Yellow
Exposure
• Full Sun
• Partial Sun/Shade
Soil Moisture
• Moist to Average
• Average to Dry Soils
• Well-drained
Attracts Wildlife
• Attracts Butterflies
Growth Rate
• Fast
• Medium
Attributes
• Deciduous
• Drought Tolerant
• Fall Color
• Fragrant
Flowering Time
• Lt. Spr-Sum
Habit
• Pyramidal
• Rounded
Foliage Color
• Green (dark)
• Silver
• Yellow
Landscape uses
• Specimen
Planting instructions
• Container Plants
Growing & Maintenance Tips for Tilia tomentosa 'Sterling Silver'

Adaptable to many types of soils and tolerant of urban conditions, this tilia is a good shade tree for any lawn, park landscape or as a street tree. A good cultivar for planting in dry locations and is known to be resistant to Japanese beetle.