Tilia platyphyllos
Castlemaine Botanic Gardens, Walker Street,, CASTLEMAINE VIC 3450 - Property No T11461
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Statement of Significance
Contribution to landscape of historic garden
Rare or localised
An interesting tree adding to the impressive collection in these Gardens. Only three of these trees are known in cultivation in Victoria; the other two growing in the Royal Botanic Gardens. The Broad Leaved Lime is a British native, found in South Yorkshire and Monmouthshire in the wild. Despite the common name, lime trees (of the genus Tilia) are not related to the citrus fruit.The leaves are large and heart-shaped, dark green but paler and hairy beneath; and turn yellow in autumn. The bark is dark grey and deeply fissured and cracked. The pale yellow sweetly scented flowers are borne in small clusters at the end of slender stems in early summer. The Broad Leaved Lime flowers earlier than other limes. and has small fruit (to 1.2cm) that are downy and sometimes persist into winter.
Measurements: 10/1984
Spread (m):10.2
Girth (m): 1.4
Height (m):13.5
Estimated Age (yrs): 80
Condition: Good
Measurements: 26/10/2003
Spread (m): 10.2
Girth (m): 1.6
Height (m): 14
Estimated Age (yrs): 100
Condition: Good
Access: Unrestricted
Classified: 10/11/1984
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RESIDENCEVictorian Heritage Register H0571
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FORMER CASTLEMAINE GAOLVictorian Heritage Register H0990
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CASTLEMAINE RAILWAY PRECINCT (MURRAY VALLEY RLWY, MELBOURNE TO ECHUCA)Victorian Heritage Register H1664
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