http://www.leoraw.com/blog/2008/07/flower-to-brighten-the-day/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=flower-to-brighten-the-day A potpourri of: Highland Park; Jewish topics; Central New Jersey; art, nature, WordPress, health, photography ... Mon, 13 Feb 2012 01:01:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.leoraw.com/blog/2008/07/flower-to-brighten-the-day/#comment-1973 Leora Sun, 27 Jul 2008 23:36:37 +0000 http://www.leoraw.com/blog/?p=821#comment-1973 quilly, thanks for confirming these are oleander. Batya, thanks for the warning. One reason I don't plant foxglove: also poisonous. quilly, thanks for confirming these are oleander. Batya, thanks for the warning. One reason I don’t plant foxglove: also poisonous.

]]> http://www.leoraw.com/blog/2008/07/flower-to-brighten-the-day/#comment-1954 Batya Sun, 27 Jul 2008 03:35:05 +0000 http://www.leoraw.com/blog/?p=821#comment-1954 We have some of these trees, but we didn't know that they are dangerous, or we wouldn't have bought them. Yes, they're poisonous. So, just look, don't pick and don't let kids get near enough to touch them. We have some of these trees, but we didn’t know that they are dangerous, or we wouldn’t have bought them. Yes, they’re poisonous. So, just look, don’t pick and don’t let kids get near enough to touch them.

]]> http://www.leoraw.com/blog/2008/07/flower-to-brighten-the-day/#comment-1936 quilly Fri, 25 Jul 2008 22:59:34 +0000 http://www.leoraw.com/blog/?p=821#comment-1936 I am no expert, but my partner is a botanist and he says that yes, indeed, these are oleander. I had never seen them before moving to Hawaii. I think they are quite wonderful. I am no expert, but my partner is a botanist and he says that yes, indeed, these are oleander. I had never seen them before moving to Hawaii. I think they are quite wonderful.

]]> http://www.leoraw.com/blog/2008/07/flower-to-brighten-the-day/#comment-1906 hihorosie Thu, 24 Jul 2008 23:07:32 +0000 http://www.leoraw.com/blog/?p=821#comment-1906 Ooh! I love it! Ooh! I love it!

]]> http://www.leoraw.com/blog/2008/07/flower-to-brighten-the-day/#comment-1890 Ilana-Davita Thu, 24 Jul 2008 19:20:44 +0000 http://www.leoraw.com/blog/?p=821#comment-1890 We have one but in a pot so here again it has to go back inside during the winter months, though not in the basement. We have one but in a pot so here again it has to go back inside during the winter months, though not in the basement.

]]> http://www.leoraw.com/blog/2008/07/flower-to-brighten-the-day/#comment-1888 Leora Thu, 24 Jul 2008 19:07:06 +0000 http://www.leoraw.com/blog/?p=821#comment-1888 Excellent! I see it grows in the Mediterranean area, so that would be closer to your "neck of the woods", so to speak. Excellent! I see it grows in the Mediterranean area, so that would be closer to your “neck of the woods”, so to speak.

]]> http://www.leoraw.com/blog/2008/07/flower-to-brighten-the-day/#comment-1887 Ilana-Davita Thu, 24 Jul 2008 18:56:58 +0000 http://www.leoraw.com/blog/?p=821#comment-1887 I have asked the expert gardener in this house - that isn't me- it is a nerium oleander. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nerium_oleander I have asked the expert gardener in this house – that isn’t me- it is a nerium oleander.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nerium_oleander

]]> http://www.leoraw.com/blog/2008/07/flower-to-brighten-the-day/#comment-1880 Ilana-Davita Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:23:13 +0000 http://www.leoraw.com/blog/?p=821#comment-1880 Some kind of laurel? Some kind of laurel?

]]> http://www.leoraw.com/blog/2008/07/flower-to-brighten-the-day/#comment-1879 Leora Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:22:21 +0000 http://www.leoraw.com/blog/?p=821#comment-1879 Snapdragons grow closer to the ground. They do have those in Israel. This flower grows in a big, tall bush. The long leaves are probably a good clue. Snapdragons grow closer to the ground. They do have those in Israel. This flower grows in a big, tall bush. The long leaves are probably a good clue.

]]> http://www.leoraw.com/blog/2008/07/flower-to-brighten-the-day/#comment-1876 frumhouse Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:11:53 +0000 http://www.leoraw.com/blog/?p=821#comment-1876 Pretty picture! Could they be snapdragons? Pretty picture! Could they be snapdragons?

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