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FavFlowers Torrance, CA Jan 21, 2021

Could you please tell me the names of these plants?
(Photos taken in Dec 2017 before Coronavirus stay at home orders)

Thank you.

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Audrey Hadley, PA(Zone 5a) Jan 22, 2021

My guesses would be:
1. Alyssum
2. Tecoma, orange cultivar
3. Oleander
4. Duranta
5. Tecoma, yellow cultivar

I'm not sure about the tecomas, though, since I'm not all that familiar with them.

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ZilyZily Castro Valley, CA Jan 22, 2021

I agree with Audrey.
1. Lobularia maritima (Sweet Alyssum) Might be Lobularia maritima 'Snow Crystals'
2. There are a lot of cultivars as well as hybrids out there. It maybe Tecoma stans
Orange Jubilee or Tecoma X smithii Orange Bells
3. This one stumped me as an Oleander - Nerium oleander as I have grown lots of
these and never saw a seedpod like that. So I looked and while called oleander
as a common name, it is a Cascabela thevetia that seems to come in yellow and
orange. Same family, Apocynaceae as Nerium oleander but not the same
genus. Very cool.
4. Lots of similar cultivars available but maybe a Duranta erecta Sweet Memories
5. Tecoma stans

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suse Bretten, Germany Jan 24, 2021

[quote="ZilyZily"]I agree with Audrey.

3. This one stumped me as an Oleander - Nerium oleander as I have grown lots of
these and never saw a seedpod like that. So I looked and while called oleander
as a common name, it is a Cascabela thevetia that seems to come in yellow and
orange. Same family, Apocynaceae as Nerium oleander but not the same
genus. Very cool.

I agree, too.
Cascabela thevetia, formerly known as Thevetia peruviana.



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ZilyZily Castro Valley, CA Jan 24, 2021

shawndeee1, you seem to have been cut off after quoting me. Any thoughts you were trying to share?

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