A broad, dense crown providing excellent shade; its fragrant flowers attract pollinators and improve urban air quality.
The common lime is the quintessential tree of squares and promenades: deep shade, extraordinary longevity and its famous June flowering that perfumes whole blocks and feeds the bees. It takes regular pruning and pleaching well.
In Germanic villages, assemblies and trials were held "under the lime", the sacred tree of truth; Unter den Linden, Berlin's most famous avenue, is named after it.
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