BlueBell Arboretum & Nursery

Mail order trees, shrubs, conifers and woody climbers

Tilia cordata 'Winter Orange'

A species of lime tree native Europe, Tilia cordata 'Winter Orange' is a distinctive cultivar with young twigs which turn a vivid orange in autumn and stay this colour until the following spring
£25.00

Tilia x 'Harold Hillier'

Handsome lime tree with a narrow, conical habit and good butter yellow autumn colour
£32.00

Tilia henryana

A rare tree, Tilia henryana has huge, ovate (shaped like an egg) leaves which are edged with bristle-like teeth and an eye-catching silvery-pink colour, as they unfold in spring
£35.00

Tilia japonica 'Ernest Wilson'

Tilia japonica 'Ernest Wilson' is perhaps the most freely flowering lime with even young plants bearing clusters of pendant, ivory-white, scented flowers in abundance in mid-summer
£35.00

Tilia kiusiana

Native to the southernmost of the main islands of Japan, Tilia kiusiana does not really look like a normal lime tree and instead when mature looks more like an upright, gnarled birch with small, interesting green leaves
£32.00

Tilia mongolica

Originating in Mongolia, Tilia mongolica is very hardy with serrated, dark green leaves which turn lovely shades of golden-yellow before falling in autumn
£32.00

Tilia monticola

Native to the South-east United States, Tilia monticola has dark reddish young twigs and huge, deep green ovate (egg-shaped) leaves with pale undersides
£35.00

Tilia oliveri

An unusual and elegant lime tree with attractive leaves introduced to the United Kingdom from Central China
£28.00

Tilia platyphyllos 'Aurea (Large Specimen Plant)'
Golden-stemmed Lime

An unusual cultivar, Tilia platyphyllos 'Aurea' has large green leaves and very attractive, golden-yellow young shoots in winter which turn to olive green in the summer
£180.00

Tilia tomentosa 'Petiolaris'

A beautiful tree known for its attractive foliage, Tilia tomentosa 'Petiolaris' has large dark green leaves, the underside of which are coated in a silver felt, creating a pleasant effect when ruffled in a breeze
£28.00

Tilia tuan var. chinensis (also known as chenmouii)
Chinese Lime

A very rare and beautiful tree which has only recently been introduced from China, Tilia tuan var chinensis has much more narrow leaves than other limes and when mature develops an attractive, peeling bark
£32.00