{"id":7726,"date":"2015-07-09T12:00:17","date_gmt":"2015-07-09T16:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/?p=7726"},"modified":"2015-06-27T17:36:16","modified_gmt":"2015-06-27T21:36:16","slug":"colorful-oleanders-for-hot-summer-climes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/2015\/07\/09\/colorful-oleanders-for-hot-summer-climes\/","title":{"rendered":"Colorful Oleanders For Hot Summer Climes"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_7727\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Nerium-oleander-1.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7727\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7727\" alt=\"Oleander in North Texas garden\" src=\"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Nerium-oleander-1-300x198.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"198\" srcset=\"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Nerium-oleander-1-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Nerium-oleander-1-1024x678.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-7727\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oleander in North Texas garden<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Oleander (<i>Nerium oleander<\/i>) is an attractive evergreen shrub for warm climates. Indigenous to the Mediterranean region, it is popular in warm regions of the U.S., namely in\u00a0western, coastal, and\u00a0southern states (USDA hardiness zones 8-11).<\/p>\n<p>Oleander prefers moist, well-drained soil and a sunny landscape site. Established shrubs withstand dry and windy conditions along coastal areas.\u00a0Brightly colored flowers, depending on variety, range from red, purple, pink, lilac, salmon, yellow, and white.\u00a0A few flaunt variegated foliage. Oleander\u00a0blooms in spurts from late spring to early fall.<\/p>\n<p>Oleanders grow 8-15 feet in height and 5-10 feet in width. Some cultivars can be trained into small trees which may get\u00a020-25 feet tall. Overall floral fragrance differs from one plant to the next.<\/p>\n<p>Plant nursery-grown container plants in spring, summer, or fall.\u00a0For a hedge space oleanders 6 to 12 feet apart, depending on cultivar size and vigor. Water plants during the summer if weekly rainfall falls below 1- inch.<\/p>\n<p>Prune oleander\u00a0immediately following\u00a0its main bloom period to encourage bushier\u00a0shrubs, more flowers, and to reduce\u00a0size. Use caution around children and pets, as all parts of oleanders are highly poisonous; plant sap\u00a0causes skin irritation\u00a0to some individuals.<\/p>\n<p>Most oleanders are vigorous growers and grow equally well in\u00a0containers. In northern areas oleander is treated as a winter house plant; repot plant(s) in fresh media (soil) and set into a larger container. Overwinter this frost-tender plant by\u00a0bringing it indoors when fall temperatures drop\u00a0below 45\u00b0F at night. Some varieties are hardier than others. Prune plant back hard before bringing into a sunny room for the winter.<\/p>\n<p>Aphids and scale are occasional nuisance pests and oleanders are deer resistant.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oleander (Nerium oleander) is an attractive evergreen shrub for warm climates. Indigenous to the Mediterranean region, it is popular in warm regions of the U.S., namely in\u00a0western, coastal, and\u00a0southern states (USDA hardiness zones 8-11). Oleander prefers moist, well-drained soil and a sunny landscape site. Established shrubs withstand dry and windy conditions along coastal areas.\u00a0Brightly colored [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[444,772,1124,440,144,806,774,816,1219,843,1060,601,1076,777,630,706,7,1,231,113,455,162,642],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7726"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7726"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7726\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7750,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7726\/revisions\/7750"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7726"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7726"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7726"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}