Lime Tree (Tilia Cordata) | 25+ seeds | Linden Tea

Please find for sale 25+ Small-Leaved Lime tree seeds (Tilia Cordata)

Once common, now rare in UK woodlands - if you spot one it is a good sign that you are in one of the country's last remaining ancient woodlands that once covered the entire country. Aside from being fine-looking trees with scented blossoms, this tree is an insect and pollenator magnet wwhich in turn attracts birds. Tthe bark and leaves can be steeped to produce delicious and fragrant Linden Tea. 

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Germination Guide

Lime tree seeds require warm & cold stratification for maximum germination rates. Stratification is a process of simulating natural conditions that the seeds must experience before germination can occur (if a seed germinates in the middle of winter it will die). In the wild, seed dormancy is usually overcome by the seed spending time in the ground through a winter period and having its hard seed coat softened up by frost and weathering action. This cold, moist period triggers the seed's embryo; its growth and subsequent expansion eventually break through the softened seed coat in its search for sun and nutrients.

• Get a handful or two of vermiculite, perlite or sterile compost
• Add a little water to the mix. Should be moist but not wet
• Place in small ziplock bag
• Keep the bag at around 20C for around 3 months. Ensure compost does not dry out.
• After this warm period, place bag at bottom fridge or in cold shed/outbuilding (winter) for 3 months
• Check bag occasionally - remove and pot up any seeds that have germinated
• After the stratification process
• Spread bag contents on a tray of moist compost.
• Cover very lightly with compost or vermiculite
• Keep in a warm place 15-25c
• Seedlings should appear after circa 25 days
• Keep moist - best to place seed tray inside a waterproof container and water from the bottom
• Pot on as required

Alternative, you can do it the natural way - sow the seeds in pots outdoors in autumn, cover with mesh to keep off birds etc then the seedlings should appear in mid spring!