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Ching's Lime

Tilia chingiana

Ching's Lime
Photo: Izigabo, CC BY-SA 4.0

Ching's Lime is a medium-sized deciduous tree from eastern China, reaching about 15 m, grown mainly as a shade and street tree in temperate gardens. It is hardy and tolerant of a range of conditions once established.

Family
Malvaceae (Mallow family)
Grows as
Tree
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water regularly while young, then mostly rely on rainfall except in long dry spells.
Soil
Moist, well-drained loam; tolerates a range of soil types.
Temperature
Hardy in temperate climates, tolerating winter cold well below freezing; protect young trees from late frosts.
How easy
Easy
Safety
Not known to be toxic
Native range
SE. China
Climate
temperate

About

Tilia chingiana Hu & W.C.Cheng is a medium-sized tree native to the provinces of Anhui, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, and Zhejiang in China.

How to grow it

The tree has been widely introduced to Europe and North America.

Other Tilia plants

American basswood · Amur Linden · Small-leaved Lime · Crimean Lime · Japanese lime · Kyushu Lime · Manchurian Lime · Mongolian Lime · Oliver's Lime · Large-leaved Lime · Silver Lime · Lime

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Tilia chingiana by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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