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Nerium Oleander Red Color (Spain) 1
- Oleander grows to 2–6 m (6.6–19.7 ft) tall, with erect stems that splay outward as they mature; first-year stems have a glaucous bloom, while mature stems have a grayish bark. The leaves are in pairs or whorls of three, thick and leathery, dark-green, narrow lanceolate, 5–21 cm (2.0–8.3 in) long and 1–3.5 cm (0.39–1.38 in) broad, and with an entire margin filled with minute reticulate venation web typical of eudicots. Leaves are light green and very glossy when young, before maturing to a dull dark green/greenish-gray. The flowers grow in clusters at the end of each branch; they are white, pink to red,[Note 2] 2.5–5 cm (0.98–1.97 in) diameter, with a deeply 5-lobed fringed corolla round the central corolla tube. They are often, but not always, sweet-scented.[Note 3] The fruit is a long narrow pair of follicles 5–23 cm (2.0–9.1 in) long, which splits open at maturity to release numerous downy seeds.
- Maintenance: Although the shrubs are drought-tolerant, they look their best when they are watered during dry spells. However, take care not to over water them. Yellowing leaves indicate that the plant is getting too much water. If the soil is poor, feed the plant lightly with a balanced fertilizer during its first spring.
- Water: Wet Mesic
- Soil: Organic Potting Soil
- Fertilizers type: Organic Fertilizer
- Species: Apocynaceae
- Genus: Nerium
- Pot Size: 30 cm
- Toxic: Level Medium
- No delivery to these areas - Wafrah - Abdali- Khiran - Sabah Al Ahmad - Zour - Al Nuwaiseeb - Bubiyan - Warbah
- This product can be exchanged in case of damage, but no returns.