Plants and busheries

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The Greeks are very good at planting many nice plants around their houses. Typical Greek are all the plants put in old olive oil cans and placed outside in the street in front of their houses. A lot of the plants, that we in Norway keep in little pots, grow freely as big bushes out in the gardens in Greece. Plant names is not our strongest point, can anyone help us with names on the ones we haven’t named.

 
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(Clorophytum comosum)

 
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Trumpet vine

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To left a plant in the Hibiscus-family and to right one in the Nicotiana-family, see below for more info in the email from Shirley McDaniel

The 5 of February 2000 I got a nice email from Shirley McDaniel US with this information:

The flower in the photo next to the hibiscus has various names:  the French call it belle de nuit; Americans call it four o'clock, and it is from the Nicotiana family -- it blooms late in the afternoon (hence the name four o'clock), has a wonderful aroma and a variety of colours, ranging from bright yellow to magenta, sometimes even striped between the two.  It is an annual but seeds itself easily and spreads wonderfully.

Thanks a lot for your info, Shirley!

 
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Bougainvillea

 
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Close up of the Bougainvillea

 
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