What kind of growing environment does oleander prefer?
Oleander is an evergreen shrub, cultivated in all provinces and regions of China, especially more in southern China, and is often cultivated in parks, scenic areas, roadsides or riversides and other areas. Cultivation north of the Yangtze River requires indoor overwintering.
Oleander alternative names
Red-flowered oleander, willow-leaf peach tree, foreign peach, jiaochudong, willow-leaf tree, foreign peach plum, gou na
Oleander morphological characteristics
An evergreen erect large shrub, up to 5 m tall, with grayish-green branches containing watery sap; young branches are ribbed and covered with fine hairs, which fall off when old. Leaves are in whorls of 3-4, with the lower branches opposite. Cymes are terminal, with many flowers. The flowers are large and showy, with a long flowering period, fragrant, in deep red, red, white, and yellow; the flowering period is almost year-round, most abundant in summer and autumn, and the fruiting period is generally in winter and spring; cultivated plants rarely bear fruit.
Oleander growing environment
It likes light and prefers a warm, humid climate, and is not cold-tolerant; it has strong drought tolerance and is not strict about soil, and can also grow in alkaline soil.
Control the temperature at 20-25 °C, and be careful to shade in time; soak the base of the cuttings in clean water for about 10 days, keeping the soaking water fresh, so the cuttings root earlier after insertion and the survival rate is also high.
Oleander flower language
Peach-colored oleander: curse, beware of danger; yellow oleander flower language: deep friendship.
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