| Scientific Name: | Nerium oleander |
| Common Name: | oleander, rose bay |
| Family Name: | Apocynaceae |
| Origin: | Africa - northern, Europe |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 8b: (-9.4 to -7 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Flowering pot plant |
| Mature Size: | 2 - 3m x 1.0 - 1.5m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Spreading, Upright |
| Form: | Vase |
| Texture: | Medium - coarse |
| Landscape Uses: | Container planting, Indoor plant |
| Exposure: | Full sun |
| Soil or Media: | Humus rich, Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Opposite, Whorled, Leathery, Glabrous, Elliptic, Linear, Entire |
| Flowers: | Cyme, White, Pink, Red, Jun-Jul-Aug-Sep |
| Fruit: | Capsule, Brown, Oct |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Cold tender broadleaf evergreen; leaves opposite, linear to narrowly elliptic, most 12-17cm long x 1.2- 3cm wide, glossy dark green leaves, prominent midribs, up to 12cm long; flowers in terminal cymes, petals (5 or cvs. with 10) fused at base, purple, pink or white. | |