The TWO kinds of oleander plants

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Contrary to Wikipedia, there are two distinct kinds of oleander

plants. Most common is the nerium oleander, or common oleander plant,

such as you have growing in your back yard. It is characterized by

long leaves AND seed pods and comes in colors of white, red, pink,

salmon and light yellow.

 

The other oleander is Thevetia peruviana, most commonly known as

yellow oleander , but also called Captain Cook's tree. It can be found

growing as a 6-8 foot shrub, or trained as a single trunk tree that

grows to 20 feet. The leaves look similar to the nerium oleander, but

the flowers are always a shade of yellow and more tubular than nerium

oleander and the seed pods are round instead of elongated.

 

Both kinds are very closely related - but all oleander extracts have

been taken from the nerium oleander.

 

 

 

oleander soup , " Rhoda Mead " <firefly541 wrote:

>

> *Tony, thanks for specifying that the oleander must be nerium.

>

> Do you know if it looks different that other varieties, so that I can

> identify it? I sure don't have a way of growing it.

>

> By the way, the farmers market in Yuba City has NO organic produce, it'

> certified local. Some of the farmers said that they fertilize but don't

> spray, but that's the best they can do. And many local farmers

markets are

> very seasonal. Much as I dislike Whole Foods plus it being a 100

mile round

> trip for produce, that's what it took. I am temporarily living a

mile from a

> produce store with mostly organic produce at great prices, a

pleasant walk.

>

> I do juice when I can, but also use organic greens from

MountainRoseHerbs

> to make a green drink when fresh produce is not available. I've

contacted

> the suppliers of Now barleygrass, carrot powder, etc. They all swear

that

> their process preserves 95% of enzymes, and also of vitamins and

minerals.

> Sometimes better than fresh, especially out of season.

>

> Rhoda

> *

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