Re: Large leaved

Just looked Sparmannia up in Graham Payne's book - it looks good, and I'd like to try it.
He says it's in the Tiliaceae, so I wondered if the flowers are as scented as those on lime trees? He also gives the common name as African hemp - anybody know about using its fibres?
Thanks,
Rowan Adams
Ventnor, Isle of Wight, Britain.
Never known it to have much fragrance. Flowers are way at the top, at least 12' high.

Pretty plants though

NO idea about fibers but I can attest to the fact that it is fibrous!
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