Pleached Lime is the classic avenue tree — clean, straight stems topped with flat, formally trained heads.
Sold in several sizes — tell us what you need and we’ll confirm price and availability.
Pleached lime (Tilia × europaea) is the traditional choice for a formal avenue or a screened boundary, and nothing else looks quite as architectural. Clear straight stems carry flat, square heads trained onto a frame.
Planted in a row, the heads knit together into a continuous raised hedge that screens neighbouring windows while leaving the ground beneath open and usable. In summer the small, fragrant flowers are alive with bees; the leaves turn soft yellow before falling.
Lime is vigorous, hardy and very tolerant of hard pruning — which is exactly why it has been used for pleaching for centuries. It will need clipping once or twice a year to keep the outline crisp.
Sourced to order — talk to us about stem heights, frame sizes and planting distances for your run.
Every plant we sell is backed by four decades of growing. Tell us about your garden and we’ll tell you honestly whether this is the right plant for it.
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