Oleander
by Louise Hill
Title
Oleander
Artist
Louise Hill
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Photograph - Photography, Digital Art
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We have a few large Oleander bushes around my house but placed in areas where my animals don't go since they are poisonous. They are very beautiful and bloom almost all the time.
Oleander is an evergreen shrub or small tree in the dogbane family Apocynaceae, potentially toxic in all its parts. It is the only species currently classified in the genus Nerium. It is most commonly known as oleander, from its superficial resemblance to the unrelated olive Olea. It is so widely cultivated that no precise region of origin has been identified, though southwest Asia has been suggested. The ancient city of Volubilis in Morocco may have taken its name from the Berber name oualilt for the flower. Oleander is one of the most poisonous of commonly grown garden plants.
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November 5th, 2014
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