RE: Large leaved

There's a very useful book, A Weaver's Garden: Growing Plants for Natural Dyes and Fibers
by Rita Buchanan
I don't remember if she mentions Sparmannia specifically, but I'll bet she has notes if you can manage to contact her.

From: owner-medit-plants@ucdavis.edu [mailto:owner-medit-plants@ucdavis.edu] On Behalf Of Rowan Adams
Sent: Friday, February 25, 2005 3:12 PM
To: medit-plants@ucdavis.edu
Subject: 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.

On Friday, Feb 25, 2005, at 16:50 Europe/London, Bill Grant wrote:

Sparmannia africana has very large leaves. Once in thirty years during a freeze it died back to the ground but rebounded quickly. The loveliest small flowers. And it never gets watered or fertilized.  Bill Grant
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