Juliana Lime| Tilia europaea

Planting a tree is an old custom at the birth or coronation of a crown prince (ess) from the royal house. This Dutch linden was planted for Juliana, but whether that happened at her birth in 1909 or at her coronation in 1948 is unknown to anyone. It may well be that the tree was planted at birth, dug up in World War II and then planted again. But believe it or not, you can't find that anywhere! The Dutch lime tree is a cross between a small-leaved lime tree and a summer lime tree. Because both occur in the wild in the Netherlands, a Dutch lime tree can spontaneously emerge in the forest. However, this crossing originated in a nursery. You see the tree a lot at farms, because it gives a lot of shade. Do you also know the lime tree? So that is a Dutch linden that is pruned annually in a plane. It is also an easy tree, which actually grows everywhere. As it ages, the trunk gets considerable grooves and thicker knobs on which young twigs often grow.