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Oleander


Nerium selections

Oleander

Somewhat like an olive tree with clusters of large whorled flowers, the oleander has a Mediterranean mystique. It grows into a large open shrub that forms an attractive screen. Colder-climate gardeners can grow this subtropical in containers and overwinter it indoors. Use caution around children and pets, as all parts of the plant are highly poisonous.

Oleander prefers moist, well-drained soil and a sunny location outdoors. In the Southwest, oleander is susceptible to a bacterial disease carried by the glassy-winged sharpshooter, an imported pest. Affected parts of the plant can be pruned out with clippers disinfected between each cut.

Light:
Sun
Zones:
9-11
Plant Type:
Shrub
Plant Height:
6-20 feet tall
Plant Width:
3-10 feet wide
Landscape Uses:
Containers,Beds & Borders,Privacy,Slopes
Special Features:
Flowers,Attractive Foliage,Fragrant,Drought Tolerant,Deer Resistant,Easy to Grow
Top Varieties

Nerium 'Hardy Pink' forms an open, upright plant that grows 15 feet tall and 10 feet wide with clusters of rose-pink flowers all summer. Zones 9-11
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Nerium 'Mrs. Lucille Hutchings' is a large variety with showy, peachy-pink double flowers. It grows 20 feet tall and 10 feet wide. Zones 9-11
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Nerium 'Pink Beauty' bears large, clear-pink flowers that have little to no fragrance. It grows 20 feet tall and 12 feet wide, and tolerates light frosts better than most oleander varieties. Zones 9-11
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Nerium 'Tangier' produces light pink blooms on a big shrub to 20 feet tall and 10 feet wide. Zones 10-11
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Nerium 'Album' offers white flowers throughout the summer on a big plant to 18 feet tall and 10 feet wide. Zones 10-11
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Propagation
Stem Cuttings

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tracy nealy wrote:

We planted our oleander for privacy but are having a hard time pruning them the proper way to grow tall and wide. What is the proper way to prune them?

5/7/2012 10:31:47 PM Report Abuse
biscuityme1 wrote:

i would like to know what to feed my oleanders. do they like acid or what? also, do i have to prune them every spring?

3/8/2012 04:38:55 PM Report Abuse
il23 wrote:

how do you prune this oleander plant any one can give me some help i have my in a big pot bbut it's getting to big

8/17/2010 09:47:08 AM Report Abuse

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