Archive for the Tag 'oleander'

Summer returns - and so do I!

An amazing Morning Glory in the sunshine to welcome you back to my blog!
Thanks to everyone who has been posting encouraging messages about my Hampton Court and Eco Gardening Secrets from Africa stories - much appreciated. Comments from Dagny, Eric Bronson, Willem Von Cotthem and Intercontinental Gardener now up-loaded. Please do keep these [...]

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Oleander

My first Mediterranean shrub was a beautiful pink oleander, inspired by wonderful holidays at a friend’s villa on the Portuguse Algave.Oleanders are wonderful evergreen plants with delicate flowers in shades of deep pink to white.

I bought this plant during the very hot 2006 summer when it flowered continually throughout the drought from June to September. [...]

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