Organic Broadleaf Linden Seeds (Tilia platyphyllos)

It is a deciduous tree of the Linden genus of the Malvaceae family. Large-leaved linden naturally grows in the forests of the western part of Ukraine, in Moldova, in the Caucasus, in Western, Central and Southern Europe. In Central Russia, it is bred in gardens and parks.

 
The tree is up to 40 meters tall, with a dense, broad-pyramidal crown, with reddish-brown, fluffy, less often bare young shoots.
 
The buds are reddish brown, glabrous. Leaves up to 14 centimeters, rounded-ovate, dark green above, glabrous, paler below, with bundles of light hairs in the veins corners, on petioles 2-6 centimeters long. Leaves bloom two weeks later than small-leaved linden.
 
Large-leaved linden is a good honey plant and pollen. The flowers are yellowish-creamy, larger than those of the small-leaved linden, but in smaller quantities in the inflorescence (2-5), blooms two weeks earlier than the small-leaved linden, in early June. One large-leaved linden flower contains 11.54 mg of nectar. Honey productivity is 800-900 kg / ha, up to 90-100 kg of pollen can be collected from a hectare of linden. The use of large-leaved linden is promising for beekeeping not only in terms of increasing nectar reserves, but also increasing the duration of the bribe.