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Tilia kiusiana
Kyushu lime is a small to medium deciduous linden tree from Japan, grown mainly as a landscape tree for its refined habit, narrow leaves and exfoliating bark. Give it full sun to part shade in moist but well-drained soil, and expect slow growth.
Tilia kiusiana, the Kyushu lime, is a species of flowering plant in the family Malvaceae. It is native to southern and central Japan, and introduced to the Korean Peninsula. It has a number of features that make it "potentially the next great landscape tree", including small, narrow leaves that are not the typical linden shape, a refined growth habit, attractive exfoliating bark, aphid resistance, and slow growth to a medium size. Hardy to zone 6, it is available from commercial nurseries.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Tilia kiusiana 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.
