June /July &August 2020 Newsletter INTERNATIONAL OLEANDER SOCIETY

2020 Officers

President

Lydia Miller

Vice President

Amber Jinkins

Secretary

Betsy Thomas

Treasurer

Kellye Graham

Internet /

International

Correspondent

James Nicholas

Committees

Garden

Marcy Moloy

Public Relations

Mike Bailey

Trustees

Donita Brannon

Danny Carson

Betty Head

Betty Williamson

Hello members,

It has been a while since you have heard from your Board of Directors and we

apologize for the interruption. As the pandemic continues, we are social dis-

tancing and moving forward very carefully.

Over the last three months and continuing into the future we will use the

ZOOM website for our monthly Board meetings. Thank goodness for ZOOM!

As you may recall, the first of the year was our annual membership drive. You

were given options to renew your membership and get a ticket for enrollment

in a drawing for prizes, lifetime members were automatically enrolled. Plus,

you were given the option to buy additional tickets. The drawing was to take

place at our Oleander Garden Festival which was canceled because of the

coronavirus. The drawings have now taken place and the winners have all

been notified. Maybe next year for the rest of us.

As I mentioned, the Oleander Garden Festival and Oleander Sale did not hap-

pen this year but preparations for the event were underway. We do have a

limited number of oleanders for sale at discount prices. If you are interested

in purchasing some of these oleanders in one-gallon containers, contact me

or any of our Board members.

Thanks to our Weed Warriors work in the Betty Head Oleander Garden Park

has continued during these pandemic times using social distancing. The

Weed Warriors can always use extra help. They are in the park on Fridays

10:00 am/noon. Join them in this beautiful setting if you have time, bring

your gloves and plenty of water, they will provide the weeds.

Thanks to Moody Mansion the Betty Head Oleander Garden Park is open daily

from10:00 am to 4:00 pm.

Now that we are trying to resume some sort of normally, we will try to keep

you inform of our progress and activities moving forward. In the meantime,

we wish you good health.

Lydia Miller

2020 President

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UP DATE ON OUR WEBSITE WWW.OLEANDER.ORG

Our website is now up and running still needs some TLC

Postcard from1911 Oleanders along

Broadway in Galveston

Postcard 1915 Oleander Tree in Galveston

Historical Marker: Original Oleander Plant-

ing in Galveston

Old Postcard Galveston

The International Oleander Society was established in 1967 to CELEBRATE GALVESTON

AS THE OLEANDER CITY. During our fifty-three years our accomplishments have been

many. We thought this would be a great time to reflect upon our past.

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UP DATE ON OUR WEBSITE WWW.OLEANDER.ORG

Our website is now up and running still needs some TLC

APPLE BLOSSOM - This one has very attractive "Apple

Blossom" pink flowers in huge clusters on a large,

rounded, spreading shrub. It is hardy and blooms well,

even after being cut back heavily, it makes a fine tub

plant, specimen plant, or hedge plant.

CALYPSO - An excellent hardy iridescent cherry red ole-

ander that is very salt and wind tolerant. It is a strong

grower and has outstanding plant habits. It also

makes an excellent hedge plant and also free bloom-

ing.

PETITE PINK - An excellent dwarf container plant that

flowers prolificity with masses of soft shelty-pink

blooms. lt is a compact grower much used in landscap-

ing and as a tub plant. It can be kept in the 4 to 6 foot

range with pruning. The throat is tight pink with dark

stripes. It is not as hardy as some others are.

MRS. ISADORE DYER - A hardy and very fragrant fluffy

double large pink flower that blooms all summer. In the

spring, it has a tight pink color with a white stripe on

each petal. As the weather warms up the flowers turn a

much darker pink. This is one of the very best!

Here are detail descriptions of some of the oleanders that are blooming in the Garden Park. Some of the oleanders are from cuttings we received and propagated from our international members.

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Betty Head Oleander Garden Park

Open daily 10am/4pm

Marcy’s weed warriors have made unbelievable strides in

our Garden Park. Lot’s of hard work has made the gar-

den into a wonderful place to visit.

Way to go Marcy !

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UP DATE ON OUR WEBSITE WWW.OLEANDER.ORG

Our website is now up and running still needs some TLC

We always welcome new members. Memberships help us to main-

tain our website and any other fees related to correspondence.

You may sign up on our website www.oleander.org via PayPal or mail your

membership to the address below to the following address:

International Oleander Society

P.O. Box 3431

Galveston, TX 77552-0431

Please indicate the membership plan of your choice:

Renewable Annually

(1) Individual $20.00

(2) Family $30.00

(3) Lifetime $300.00

(4) Business $100.00 (Business members will receive a certificate to display in their

business, listing in our newsletter and on our website)

Be sure to check out our website and as always, THANK YOU for your on-going support.