Tilia japonica ‘Ernest Wilson’

Once confused with Tilia insularis, this is actually a highly floriferous clone of T. japonica with large inflorescences, originally collected by the man himself in Japan in 1919. A medium sized E Asian species, closely related to our native Small leaved lime, but differs in its beautiful foliage with narrow leaf tips. Creamy white flowers and bracts are borne in such profusion as to almost cover the foliage in late summer and scent the air around with a sweet fragrance. In a good year the autumn colour is a good clear yellow. Easy, hardy, tolerant.

£40.00