Flower Images: Nerium Oleander Roseum Another Deadly Beauty

Out of the hundreds of flowers in the pending files, I dug this one up today.

The photos were taken about this time last year. I get busy sometimes.

After looking at thumbnail sized images online for awhile, I gave up and, tried books.

The Kin Library was kind enough to renew some overdue texts, for me.

So, I went out in the fresh air and researched, while sitting at a picnic table.

The blasted internet will, never replace, thumbing through a good book, I say.

These pink flowers happen to be Oleander and are the Roseum variety of the species.

The plants happen to be some real killers if, you don't know how to use them.

Back in 2013, I posted some of the white colored flowers from this species.

Don't Use This Plant for Shish Kabobs, was the title.

It could be used in biological warfare and, one lady had to get an autopsy because of it ! 

Would you like to grow some in your garden ?

Resources:

Japanese audience only needs to use ヤエキョウチクトウ for research.

ISBN4-900668-63-X  Guide Book of Landscaping Plants in Okinawa P.52

English speakers visit:

Florida Plant Atlas

White Angel Trumpet Can Be a Real Killer (Flower Photos)

It's Nice to Know Which Pretty Ones are Deadly

 

These white flowers were spotted alongside the road in northern Okinawa.

Brugmansia suaveolens or, Angel Trumpets grow on a plant that could be called, a small tree.

Originally from South America, they can be seen blooming around here in September.

Over at Dave's Garden, you can see who grows them and, where.

People talk about what success or, failures they experienced growing them.

Some folks will even  trade or, sell the seeds and plants.

My good friends at Floridata gave me this information:

WARNING:

"All parts of this and other angel trumpets are narcotic and poisonous. Some people have ingested or smoked angel trumpet for its narcotic effects, and some of those people are no longer with us. The use of angel trumpet as a landscape plant is banned in some municipalities."

 The Missouri Botanical Garden will tell you this:

The plants were "Tried and True Recommended by 2 professionals." 

But, I think they should have stipulated that they were professional gardeners.

Because, some crackpots over on the Drugs Forum are crazy enough to smoke the stuff !