Re: Sparmannia africana

Hi Moira

I don't really get frosts where I am and the winter has been unusually mild 
anyway - dahlias for instance lasted with flowers to mid winter - so doubt 
the cold factor - and the effect is not seasonal either.

But the hint about 'enriched with organic matter' might give a clue - being 
so close to the beach the soil is pretty lean and sandy here - so I will up 
to doses of food and compost. Still the lower older leaves give what I 
always thought was the typical symptoms of iron deficiency - yellow except 
for green veins? It would be interesting to know more about its natural 
habitat.

Thanks

Susan George
McCrae, Victoria, Australia



>Hi Susan
>My book says indigenous to tropical and temperate southern Africa...
>Plants need a sunny position with shelter from wind and frost and
>well-drained soil enriched with organic matter. Keep the soil moist
>during the active growth period.
>
>There is no mention of it needing specially acid conditions.
>
>Could your yellow leaves perhaps be a reaction to rather low winter
>temperatures? It seems to like a good warm climate, being scarcely known
>this side of the Tasman.
>
>Moira
>--
>Tony & Moira Ryan <theryans@xtra.co.nz>
>Wainuiomata,
>New Zealand (astride the "Ring of Fire" in the SW Pacific).
>
>

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