The Main Plant entry for Oleanders (Nerium oleander)

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General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit:	Shrub
Life cycle:	Perennial
Sun Requirements:	Full Sun Full Sun to Partial Shade Partial or Dappled Shade
Water Preferences:	Mesic Dry Mesic Dry
Leaves:	Evergreen
Flowers:	Showy
Flower Time:	Late spring or early summer Summer Late summer or early fall
Uses:	Windbreak or Hedge
Wildlife Attractant:	Bees Butterflies
Resistances:	Birds Deer Resistant Gophers/Voles Rabbit Resistant Squirrels Humidity tolerant Drought tolerant Salt tolerant
Toxicity:	Leaves are poisonous Roots are poisonous Fruit is poisonous Other: Every part of this plant is poisonous
Containers:	Not suitable for containers

Common names

Oleander

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Uploaded by purpleinopp

Location: Menton, France
Date: 2017-06-18
#Pollination with Speckled Wood Butterfly

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Location: Daytona Beach, Florida
Date: 2014-06-12

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Location: Phoenix AZ
Date: Nov 2020
I had initially uploaded this file to Wikimedia Commons, and now

Uploaded by Gardener2493

Location: zone 8 Lake City, Fl.
Date: 2012-07-30

Uploaded by flaflwrgrl

Location: Arenas Valley, NM
Date: 2015-12-16
White Oleander

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Uploaded by Fieldsof_flowers

Location: Barson's Greenhouse, Westland, MI
Date: 2010-06-01

Uploaded by DaylilySLP

Date: May 3, 2011
Close up of Oleander bloom

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Uploaded by Fleur569

Location: Phoenix AZ
Date: 2020
I had initially uploaded this file to Wikimedia Commons, and now

Uploaded by Gardener2493

Location: Neighbor garden
Date: 2016-06-02

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Uploaded by sedumzz

Location: Barson's Greenhouse, Westland, MI
Date: 2012-04-14

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Location: Oxfordshire, England
Date: 2016-07-26

Uploaded by cliftoncat

Location: Villamura - Portugal
Date: 2015-09-09

Uploaded by RuuddeBlock

Location: Menton, France
Date: 2016-07-26
dark pink version

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Uploaded by RuuddeBlock

Date: May 3, 2011
Blooms of Light Pink Olender

Uploaded by plantladylin

Location: Menton, France
Date: 2016-07-26
cream, double

Uploaded by cliftoncat

Location: Menton, France
Date: 2016-07-26
bright white variety

Uploaded by cliftoncat

Location: Our yard, DeLand, FL
Date: 2015-05-03

Uploaded by rocklady

Location: Houston
Date: 2017-12-20
Houston snow - large plant is the oleander

Uploaded by jmorth

Location: My neighborhood
Date: 2021-07-01
Flowers with leaves. Seedpod is also visible.

Uploaded by Gardener2493

Location: Ormond Beach, FL zone 9a
Date: 2018-05-08

Uploaded by sunkissed

Uploaded by Calif_Sue

Location: Edinburg, Texas | June, 2023
Date: 2023-06-10

Uploaded by sedumzz

Uploaded by jmorth

Location: My front yard
Date: April 26, 2011
White Oleander

Uploaded by plantladylin

Location: New York Botanical Garden
Date: June 2017

Uploaded by JHeirloomSeeds

Uploaded by plantladylin

Location: Rethymno (Crete)
Date: 2022-06-02

Uploaded by RuuddeBlock

Date: March 23, 2011
Blooms of White Oleander

Uploaded by plantladylin

Location: Tampa, FL
Date: 2016-02-21
Leaves being eaten by a Spotted Oleander Moth Caterpillar. They

Uploaded by mellielong

Location: Daytona Beach, Florida
Date: March 23, 2011
#Pollination

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Uploaded by PiaLouiseSourvi

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Uploaded by robertduval14

Location: Tunisia
Date: May
credit: Cayambe

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Location: Daytona Beach, Florida
Date: 2013-01-30
Spotted Oleander Moth Caterpillar

Uploaded by plantladylin

Uploaded by jmorth

Location: My neighborhood
Date: 2021-09-19

Uploaded by Gardener2493

Uploaded by sedumzz

Location: Southern Pines, NC
Date: May 23, 2022
Oleander 44nn; LHB page 812, 169-8-1, "Greek name of oleander".

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Uploaded by purpleinopp

Uploaded by jmorth

Uploaded by jmorth

Location: My front yard
Date: April 18, 2011
White Oleander

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Location: My front yard
Date: September 3, 2011
Bark of Oleander

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Uploaded by plantladylin

Date: April 26, 2011
Bark and new branches sprouting

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Uploaded by RuuddeBlock

Location: Tampa, FL
Date: 2015-11-15
At the Museum of Science and Industry

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Uploaded by mellielong

Location: zone 8/9 Lake City, Fl.
Date: 2012-02-11
showing frost damage - young plant

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Uploaded by Lalambchop1

Location: Daytona Beach, Florida
Date: 2013-01-24

Uploaded by plantladylin

Uploaded by WebTucker

Location: Seville, Spain | April, 2023
Date: 2023-04-05

Uploaded by sedumzz

Location: Athens (Greece)
Date: 2022-05-23

Uploaded by RuuddeBlock

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Comments:

Posted by plantladylin (Sebastian, Florida - Zone 10a) on Sep 10, 2011 3:36 PM concerning plant:

Nerium oleander is native to Northern Africa, the Eastern Mediterranean area and Southeast Asia. It is a fast growing evergreen tree, popular in warm, humid subtropical regions. Oleander will attain up to 20' in height, has grayish bark and thick dark green lanceolate leaves. The flowers grow in clusters at the end of the branches. Seed pods are long and narrow and split open to reveal numerous downy seeds. Flower colors for Oleander are red, white, dark and light pink and there is a yellow variety as well. All parts of the Oleander are toxic.

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Posted by KFredenburg (Black Hills, SD - Zone 5a) on May 28, 2020 10:30 AM concerning plant:

All oleanders (no matter what species), if they are not planted in the right spot, will not have a very good smell, or they will not have one at all.
One of the most important things that you need to know about oleanders is that they really like sun.
The oleanders around my neighborhood that don't have a fragrance are all under big trees that provide lots of shade.
Oleanders are not shade plants.
One of the main reasons that oleanders are so popular around my neighborhood in CA is that we don't get lots of rain, and oleanders do not need much water, and here in California we do not get that much water. In other words, oleanders are good for xeriscaping. The plant Nerium is part of the subfamily Apocynoideae.

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