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Oleander leaf scorch, which can infect olives because they are in the same family as oleanders, can cause leaf yellowing and localized defoliation.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 6, 2023
Solo acoustic guitarists play in turns as I inhale the music and heady whiffs of oleanders.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 11, 2019
“It’s heartbreaking,” he said, “to see trees dying in such dramatic numbers in famously lush cities like Pasadena, Alhambra and Arcadia: sycamores, all the maples, olives, liquidambers, flower plums, myrtles, oleanders and oaks.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 19, 2017
Today lush pink and white oleanders line broad avenues, and stately sycamores and ginkgo trees extend their shade to pedestrians wilting in the August heat.
From National Geographic ● Aug. 7, 2015
Along the road for perhaps a quarter of a mile she had been passing and admiring a row of splendid tended oleanders, blooming pink and white in a steady row.
From "The Haunting of Hill House" by Shirley Jackson
