We bought a tree this weekend and it will hopefully be delivered in the next few days. We are replacing the dead cedar in front of the house (see below) with an oleander tree like the one in the photo below. We figure it should look really lovely in front of the house and we don’t have to worry about the dog eating it since she’s never out there unsupervised. We’ve ordered it from baldur-garten.de and this is our first time ordering anything from them so it could result in a lot more business for them or none at all…they have some interesting more exotic looking plants and this is so far the first tree that we’ve liked so hopefully we won’t be disappointed. They are supposed to bloom from May to August and can get up to 4 meters high (12 feet) but since this one will be growing in a rather shallow planter, we’re not sure just how big it will get…but hopefully it won’t be a problem for it. It should be 40-60 cm tall when we get it so at least that seems like a good starting point.
Here you can see most of the planters in front of the house and especially the one with the dead tree. With any luck, the weather will indeed be nice this weekend and the tree will already be here so we can trash the dead one and get the new oleander planted in time for it to bloom in a few months.
By the way, anyone interested in getting one of their own, their Latin name is Chitalpa tashkentensis. I happened to find one here along with some other information about it.
