oleanders and Filippi

Subject:Oleanders and Filippi...
Date:2 December,2000
From: Irini Ramphou <ramphoue@hol.gr
To:medit-plants@ucdavis.edu
 
 

Since and although Olivier Filippi-THE Oleander expert (and participant of this discussion group)- didn't come up yet into this Oleander debate to defend one of his favourite plants, I would like to inform Oleander fans  that his  nursery in Southern  France, offers the largest possible variety of Oleanders-different sizes -from 40 cm to 4m, with single,double and triple flowers ,variable blooming periods and fragrance ,resistance to cold -from -4 to -15 degrees centigrades and varieties more or less drought tolerant.

Nerium oleander is a Mediterrranean native but I was interested  by Filippi's mention that the oleanders that are being cultivated are probable hybrids between the medit. N.oleander and N.indicum that comes from Afghanistan,Pakistan,India,China, Japan.
I wonder how different is the native N.indicum from  our native N.oleander.

Moreover,and for the information even of the non Oleanders' fans ,there is a very rich, interesting and useful catalogue of Filippi nursery named "Plants for a dry garden".

As  Olivier has often plant -hunted in Greece, I have found through him some rare greek natives which I have introduced in the small botanical garden of Kaisariani in Athens when working there. Actually Filippi has more greek native plants than the greek nurseries...
His e-mail is :olivier.filippi@wanadoo.fr .

I would also like to add that I have been following with great interest,profit and pleasure the group's discussions for some months now .You ,the active participants, must know that a large(?)'silent majority' is very grateful to you...
 

Irini Ramphou-Athens

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