King's Lime | Tilia x europaea `pallida`
On April 26, 2013 this King's Lime was planted on the occasion of the coronation of King Willem Alexander by mayor Don Bijl, alderman Roald Helm and five people from Purmerend, who received a royal decoration on this day.
Purmerend actually has no tradition when it comes to king trees. We have a Julianalinde (a Dutch lime tree), which is also on this route. In t…
Purmerend actually has no tradition when it comes to king trees. We have a Julianalinde (a Dutch lime tree), which is also on this route. In the same year, an elm was also planted on Tramplein on the occasion of Queen Wilhelmina's birthday. Unfortunately, the refurbishment of the square did not survive the tree. Like the Julianaline, this royal lime tree is a Dutch lime tree: 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, the crossing you see here originated in a nursery. You see the tree a lot at farms, because it gives a lot of shade. Do you also know the Leilinde? 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.