Tilia Americana " Base wood"

Tilia Americana " Base wood" host plant

Did you know that 160 insects use Tilia trees as their host plant?

Butterfly host plant for Red Spotted Purple ( Limenitis Arthemis)

Pot Size: 3 Gallon

Height: 1 to 2 feet

Facts about Tilia Americana host plant:

Base wood tree is an important host plant for red spotted purple butterfly. The leaves are alternate, two ranked, simple, ovate, margins serrate, around 7" long, bases heart shaped and often unequal on either side of the central leaf axis. Flowers: borne in long stalked cluster subtended at the leaf axil by a long, linear, leaflike bract that has the appearance of a leaf and is quite distinctive. Fruit: dry, hard, reddish, round, and around 2" in diameter. Distribution: mixed moist woodlands

* Family: Malvaceae

* Zones: 2 to 8

* Height: 50 to 80 feet

* Bloom Time:  June

* Sun: Full sun to part shade

* Water: Medium