Cold hardiness & minimum temperature

Is Greenspire Linden (Tilia cordata 'Greenspire')cold hardy? Hardiness zone & min temp

Also called Greenspire Linden, Greenspire Little-Leaf Linden.

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About Greenspire Linden

Tilia cordata 'Greenspire' · also called Greenspire Linden, Greenspire Little-Leaf Linden · flowering

Greenspire Linden is a superb street and garden tree — a cultivar of small-leaved lime selected for its strongly upright, oval crown, straight trunk, and uniform form. In midsummer it bears fragrant, nectar-rich creamy-yellow flowers adored by bees and other pollinators. One of the most widely planted urban trees in North America and Europe for its clean habit, tough constitution, and excellent air pollution tolerance.

Cold limit: USDA 3-7 · RHS H7 (-30 to 35°C)

What greenspire linden's hardiness rating actually means

Yes — greenspire linden is genuinely cold hardy. Rated RHS H7 and USDA 3-7, it lives outdoors all year and needs winter cold rather than protection from it. Its RHS rating of H7 means: Hardy in the severest European continental winters. On the US scale that maps to USDA 3-7 — the zones where it can be left outdoors year-round.

New to these scales? The USDA hardiness zone map explained covers how the zone numbers work, and you can find your own zone with the zone finder.

Minimum temperature — and what happens below it

Minimum survivable temperature is roughly below about −20 °C. Greenspire Linden is built for winter — once established it takes hard frost and snow in its stride.

Concretely, for greenspire linden as it gets too cold:

It tolerates winter lows to about −20 °C once established.
Below its rated zone, the visible damage is browned or blackened top growth and, in the worst case, a killed crown or root.
First-year, newly planted, or container-grown specimens are noticeably less hardy than established garden plants — the roots are exposed.

Can greenspire linden go outside or overwinter — and where?

Plant it out within USDA 3-7 and it overwinters with little or no help.
It does not want to come indoors — a warm winter room actually weakens a hardy plant by denying it dormancy.
The real risks in its range are waterlogging, wind-rock on young plants, and a late hard frost on new growth — not ordinary winter cold.

Work back from your local frost dates with the frost-date calculator: the last spring frost and first autumn frost are what really decide when greenspire linden can be outside. US growers can check USDA zones; UK growers should use the RHS hardiness ratings, which match the H7 figure above.

Greenspire Linden hardiness — frequently asked questions

Is greenspire linden cold hardy?

Yes — greenspire linden is genuinely cold hardy. Rated RHS H7 and USDA 3-7, it lives outdoors all year and needs winter cold rather than protection from it. An outdoor plant. Greenspire Linden is hardy across USDA 3-7; it belongs in the ground or a frost-proof container, not on a windowsill, and many types actively need a cold winter to perform.

What is the minimum temperature greenspire linden can survive?

Minimum survivable temperature is roughly below about −20 °C. Greenspire Linden is built for winter — once established it takes hard frost and snow in its stride.

What hardiness zone is greenspire linden?

Greenspire Linden is rated USDA 3-7 and RHS H7 — Hardy in the severest European continental winters.

Can greenspire linden survive winter outside?

Plant it out within USDA 3-7 and it overwinters with little or no help. It does not want to come indoors — a warm winter room actually weakens a hardy plant by denying it dormancy. The real risks in its range are waterlogging, wind-rock on young plants, and a late hard frost on new growth — not ordinary winter cold.

What happens to greenspire linden below its minimum temperature?

It tolerates winter lows to about −20 °C once established. Below its rated zone, the visible damage is browned or blackened top growth and, in the worst case, a killed crown or root. First-year, newly planted, or container-grown specimens are noticeably less hardy than established garden plants — the roots are exposed.