Name:  American Linden, Basswood Tree 
Scientific Name: Tilia americana
Hardiness zone: 2 through 8
plant height: 50-80 feet
light requirements: full sun to part shade
soil & water preferences: grows well in well-drained loams.

Growing Instructions:
1. Scarification: Soak in hot tap water and let it sit in water for 24hrs
2. stratification: cold stratify for 90days. Check every two weeks to make sure seeds are moist and that seeds are not molding. if there is sign of mold, seeds should be soaked in 3:2 parts of water:bleach then rinsed with clean water and put back into cold stratification.
3. germination: sow seeds 1/4" deep in soil, tamp the soil & mulch the seed bed