This is a hybrid species that originated about 1860 that seems to be a cross of the Littleleaf Linden (Tilia cordata) x the Tilia dasystyla. Its leaves are 2 to 4 inches long and wide, dark lustrous green, and hairless above and mostly hairless beneath with a little hair near veins. The buds are yellowish red to reddish above and green beneath. The twigs are reddish-brown on top and greenish yellow below. Some were once sold in the eastern and midwestern US from some larger, conventional nurseries in the 1970's and some beyond, but it seems that several cultivars of the Littleleaf Linden have been preferred, plus the 'Redmond' American Linden and the Silver Linden, so that I am not aware of this species being sold anymore in the US; but, it is grown and planted in Europe, its homeland.

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