I remember as a kid oleander having a distinct 'clean' aroma when I was a kid in Los Angeles.
heylisa
is right in that they are quite toxic... newcomers to Southern California die occasionally from ingesting them
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mimi
is quite right,
heylisa
Horses are particularly attracted to oleander, and get poisoned fairly regularly. At the Veterinary Medicine school at UC Davis they have lots of information about horse's oleander ingestion
Gingo!
: surpising that horses likes oleander even when it's nog good for them, you would think nature woul dhave "arrange that they wouldn't want them..~