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Little Leaf Linden
The small, fragrant yellowish flowers appear in June. Littleleaf Linden is widely used as a street tree and for residential landscaping. The small, yellowish summer flowers are highly fragrant. It's pyramidal to pyramidal-rounded shape and dense foliage make it an excellent landscape tree. The Little Leaf Linden is fairly tolerant to a wide range of site conditions and requires little maintenance. Small, round seeds are produced and they persist well into winter. It tolerates clay soils better than many tree species and is fairly tolerant of pollution. The leaves are dark green, turning yellow or yellow-green in the fall. The Little Leaf Linden tree, 'Tilia cordata ', is a very good lawn shade tree and is ideally suited to home situations. ... details
Box Elder Maple This deciduous maple tree is a small-to-medium-sized tree, reaching heights of 50 to 75 feet, with a trunk diameter up to 4 feet. Boxelder bugs eat seeds on female trees. Box Elder trees are fast growing and tolerate poor conditions. The Box Elder Maple tree, Acer negundo, is also commonly known as ashleaf maple, Manitoba maple, box-elder maple, and western box-elder. These shade trees have brittle wood. The trunk is relatively short and tapering, and the crown is spreading and bushy. Although it grows best on moist soils, box-elder is drought and cold resistant. |
