Tilia henryana - Henry's Lime/Linden

[Rosefriend]

In Spring I bought a Henry's Lime which has the most beautiful leaves and colouring. As it is also one of the smaller Linden trees I hope it will fit into our garden.

However the leaves look like this



and during the summer a couple of new branches started growing and they look like this



as you can see - rather different. Is there something growing that shouldn't be or could it be a young/old leaf, - however the leaves never darkened the whole of the summer, which I would have expected.

These pictures are from Internet but it shows the situation perfectly.

Rosefriend

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Rosefriend, you probably know this, but any paleness usually means stress - waterlogging, poor nourishment, or might just mean tenderness, even transplanting itself can cause stress.

If it's not waterlogged or undernourished, it may be they are slow to develop full maturity (ie colour) or it's still in shock. Do you know where it was raised? Some plants ex Holland are so forced they are borderline viable in the real world... Italy too, though Pistoia has a lot more open air tree nurseries and wide variation of temperature.

Shock? well sometimes things just 'go' for no apparent reason (no apparent reason insofar as due care has been taken). I've lost mature container plants that I have finally found a home for after years. Sorry, I can only sympathise, but my gut reaction is it's still settling down. How's that?

DD.

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They do look like ordinary lime leaves on your new growth, Henry isn't grafted on a rootstock is he? He looks a lovely deep green.

[Rosefriend]

Thanks DD - well I don't think that is it waterlogged - well I know that it isn't - as far as being undernourished is concerned, I did plant it with a slow releasing fertilizer. Stress - well the only thing that I can possible think of is the very hot period that we all had and the fact the tree is very young. Would that have been enough to set it back?

Oh Gertrudjnd2 - I have just been outside to look - yes it is grafted on a rootstock - but - and this is what is confusing me - the new growth is above the graft. Apart from that - what are they grafted on?

There is obviously something not quite right and I would love to get to the bottom of it incase I can do anything before the winter really is upon us.

Rosefriend