Native to large parts of Europe. Grows fairly slowly when young but can nonetheless eventually reach a height of 25 - 30 m. It remains smaller when cultivated. The trunk is dark brown and grooved. Young twigs are green to reddish brown. T. cordata leafs out about a fortnight later than T. platyphyllos and has relatively small leaves that are bluish green underneath. The base of the leaf is heart-shaped and sometimes slanted and the leaf top tapers to a sharp point. Pungent flowers appear in early summer, growing 5 – 10 together in short, upright umbels. The light green bract is somewhat shorter than the umbel, 6 - 7 cm. Fairly small round fruit follows in late summer. These are grey and felt-like at first and later bare. T. cordata is not very prone to aphids. The lime tree has a centuries-old history behind it and it is still much used in today's landscape architecture.
Tilia cordata môže dorastať do výšky 20 - 25 (30) m, fast growing v závislosti od podmienok stanovišťa a klímy.
Tilia cordata rastie rýchlo rastúci a môže dorastať do výšky 20 - 25 (30) m, fast growing v závislosti od podmienok stanovišťa a klímy.
Správny čas na výsadbu stromu je mimo vegetačné obdobie. V strednej Európe môže byť Tilia cordata so zemným balom vysadený od polovice novembra do konca apríla, avšak závisí to veľmi od klimatických podmienok a druhu stromu.