| Botanical name | Nerium oleander |
|---|---|
| Plant Care |  Full Sun Full Sun – Prefers 6 or more hours of sun per day.  Frost Hardy Frost Hardy – Can Handle frost without damage.  Low Watering Low Watering – Requires Little Water.  Pruning Required Pruning Required – Needs to be Pruned.  Non Indigenous Non Indigenous – Exotic to South Africa. |
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| Categories | |
| Flowers | Flowers come in white, red, yellow, pink and salmon. |
| Common name(s) | Oleander, Pride of Ceylon |
| Origin | |
| Other languages | Selonsroos (A) |
Nerium oleander (Oleander, Pride of Ceylon)
- Botanical name: Nerium oleander
- Common name(s): Oleander, Pride of Ceylon
- Categories: Shrubs and Perennials
Plant description:
These well-known free-flowering plants come in white, red, yellow, pink and salmon. There are also a number of double cultivars, including ones in pink and yellow; and a double pink flower with a variegated leaf. A popular cultivar, N. oleander ‘Mrs Rhoeding’, has double, salmon-pink flowers. ‘Dwarf Salmoni’ grows to only 700mm tall; it is a lovely small, round, shrub with leathery leaves and clusters of orange-pink flowers in summer and is a good pot specimen. Oleanders are extremely poisonous, but they taste so vile there have been few serious cases of poisoning. Single-flowering oleanders have been declared invasive in South Africa.
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Nerium oleander requirements and features
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Moderate Maintenance
Requires moderate maintenance.
Flowers come in white, red, yellow, pink and salmon. 
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