Re: Sparmania africana

It grows very well with or without water (better with).  Blooms in Berkeley, California 10 months of the year, with most of the flowers at about 2nd story (that's the first floor for the europeans) window  height.  White with brown & yelkow centers.  Bees love it.  It helps to occasionally cut it back almost to the ground.  Will grow 15+ feet in height in a year.  It is a wonderful screening plant, because its leaves are so huge.   If it gets too much shade here, it attracts lots of scale.

bill grant wrote:

Twenty years ago I planted Sparmania africana in a dry, tough part of the garden. It did well until the 1990 freeze, when it froze to the ground. It came right back. Now it is nearly 20 ft. high and there are little ones springing up near it. What experiences have any of you had with this most attractive South African? bill grant, central coast California   g*@ebold.com 
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