Re: [Re: OLEANDERS]

I think it's not even just a case of where plants are grown, but also our
associations with them.  In Northern Europe, florists' chrysanthemums and
heathers are used to smarten up tombstones, especially at the moment, so they
are depressing wherever they are seen elsewhere.

As for oleanders, among the Greek islands they also grow in huge drifts in dry
river beds which sweep down from the hills to the shore; seen from the ship
they are my first indication that I'm nearly home.  





"Janet Blenkinship" <janetble@otenet.gr> wrote:

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 Hello everyone
> 
> I have been absent again for a while, but would like to agree with Helene on
the subject of Oleanders.From early summer and right through the heat of the
season the Oleanders are a joy along our dusty roads. 
> 
> In the garden we have lower growing cutivars, different colours and flower
shapes. Also the ones we grow are fragrant so a hedge of them along a narrow
walk to our back door is pleasing to both sight and smell. 
> 
> To be loved maybe like all plants and shrubs they must be in the right
place, have the right conditions and fulfil their task, which ours do.
> 
> I would put them pretty high on my 'loved' list. 
> 
> regards to all
> 
> Janet B
> 
> Janet Blenkinship
> Crete, Greece
> 
> What is this life if, full of care, 
> we have no time to stand and stare.
> William henry Davies 
>   ----- Original Message ----- 
>   From: helene.pizzi 
>   To: medit-plants 
>   Sent: Saturday, November 25, 2000 4:22 PM
>   Subject: OLEANDERS
> 
> 
>   What a pity so many of us have oleanders on our hate lists.  Perhaps it is
because they have not been to Rome in July and August.  Hundreds of these
easy-care very neglected city landscape plants suddenly burst into bloom. 
They bring cheer to a city baking in searing heat and do not mind the
pollution.  The 'autostrada' which follows the coast up to France (and other
superhighways too) has oleanders as highway dividers and they certainly add
beauty to the scenery.
>    
>   Could it be that as these plants are easily grown in Mediterranean
climates and 'common' that they are not much considered...   
> 
>   From what I have heard, there are many more varieties and colors here in
Italy, perhaps this makes them more interesting here...but if you ever are
walking along the Tiber river in July, look down on the area where the temple
of the vestal virgins and the temple of virile fortume planted with oleanders
that wave as the traffic swishes by.    You will have a change of heart.
>    
>   Helene  


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