silk worms

[csgray]

Interesting, I had read that they are listed as invasive by seed on the mainland, but had not read that they were invasive from cuttings. I really want to eventually work with making Kapa and the raw material is hard to come by, so I wanted to grow my own. I am surprised it spreads like that, since it doesn't seem to have held over at the sites of former Hawaiian villages. We have the room, and would be harvesting branches to make kapa by coppicing the tree. I've been meaning to go visit the Greenwell gardens to talk about a class field trip anyway, I guess I have another reason now. They do list the plant for sale on their website, though.

Carol