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canopy layer
small-leaved lime
tilia cordata
june's loudest tree — a linden in bloom hums. young leaves are salad, flowers are tea, and its leaf litter is famously sweet, feeding the soil like a green manure from above.
functions
pollinator foragefood cropmedicinaldynamic accumulator
light
part shade
moisture
moderate
soil
deep, fertile soils
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grower's notes
memberspropagation, guild role, and deeper ecology for small-leaved lime — the members' view.
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relationships — grows well with
see small-leaved lime on the relationship map →the takeaway
start a guild around small-leaved lime
plant these together and the relationships on this page start working for you — feeders, protectors, and cover, layer by layer.
- canopy
- small-leaved lime — the anchor
- groundcover
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