Lime (Linden) Tree Facts

'Conjugal Love', 'Romance', 'Tree of Lovers', 'Truth', 'Fairness', 'Justice', 'Liberty'.

Lime Trees are part of the Tilia genus, not Citrus from which limes (fruit) are grown.

Sacred tree in Slavic mythology, thought to protect against lightning strikes and bad luck.

Germanic judicial cases were tried underneath Lime trees, due to some of their symbolisms.

Lime fibres were used for Bronze Age clothing.

Germanic tribes made lime-wood shields.

The inner bark of the Small-Leaved Lime has been used as a material for braiding and binding for centuries. The 5300-year-old Austrian mummy 'Otzi' wore shoes and a cloak that had been worked from this tree.

The presence of many Small-Leaved Limes in a wood is a major indicator that the wood is ancient.

The flowering of the Large-Leaved Lime is a sign that Midsummer is beginning, as a calendar.