Nerium Nerium oleander is an evergreen plant shrub reach 6 to 12 feet in tallness and gap , from time to time 20 feet . Not cold hardy , so subject to freeze hurt . The leaf are dark light-green throughout the seasons . flush flower in summer to early fall ; each flower is 1 1/2 inch in diam , borne in terminal cyme on young growth . Flowers are showy , fragrant , pinkish , blanched , salmon , arise , red or magenta , singles or doubling . Various cultivar are uncommitted . bear a slight fuel pod yield , not really cosmetic . It is tolerant of seascapes , wish well drained , fertile soil , withstands dry conditions and pollution . aboriginal to southerly Asia , Mediterranean country . Toxic plant .
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Planting
Pruning deciduous shrub can be divided into 4 groups : Those that requireminimal pruning(take out only deadened , diseased , damaged , or crossed branches , can be done in early spring.);spring pruning(encourages vigorous , new growth which produce summertime flowers - in other Christian Bible , prime appear on new wood);summer pruning after flower(after flowering , cut back shoots , and take out some of the previous outgrowth , down to the ground);suckering habit pruning(flowers appear on Sir Henry Joseph Wood from previous year . Cut back bloom stem turn by 1/2 , to firm growing new shoots and remove 1/2 of the bloom stem a match of inches from the earth ) Always remove dead , discredited or diseased Sir Henry Wood first , no matter what type of pruning you are doing .
exercise : Minimal : Amelanchier , Aronia , Chimonanthus , Clethra , Cornus alternifolia , Daphne , Fothergilla , Hamamelis , Poncirus , Viburnum . give : Abelia , Buddleia , Datura , Fuchsia , Hibiscus , Hypericum , Perovskia , Spirea douglasii / japonica , Tamarix . Summer after efflorescence : Buddleia alternifolia , Calycanthus , Chaenomeles , Corylus , Cotoneaster , Deutzia , Forsythia , Magnolia x soulangeana / stellata , Philadelphus , Rhododendron sp . , Ribes , Spirea x arguta / prunifolia / thunbergii , Syringa , Weigela . Suckering : KerriaHow - to : Planting ShrubsDig a gob twice the size of the root ball and rich enough to engraft at the same level the bush was in the container . If filth is short , dig hole even wide-eyed and fill with a mixing half original land and half compost or ground amendment .
Carefully remove shrub from container and gently separate roots . Position in center of hole , best side facing forward . Fill in with original soil or an amended mixture if needed as trace above . For big bush , build a water well . Finish by mulching and watering well .
If the flora is ball - and - burlapped , remove fixing and pen up back the top of natural burlap , tucking it down into hole , after you ’ve place bush . check that that all burlap is buried so that it wo n’t wick water away from rootball during hot , wry periods . If synthetic burlap , remove if possible . If not possible , cut away or make slits to allow for root to develop into the young soil . For bigger shrubs , build a water well . Finish by mulch and watering well .
If shrub is bare - root , calculate for a discoloration somewhere near the Qaeda ; this mark is likely where the dirt line was . If grime is too sandy or too clayey , bring organic matter . This will aid with both drain and water property capacity . Fill dirt , firming just enough to endure shrub . Finish by mulching and watering well .
Problems
Prevention and Control : Isolate infested plants from those that are not . look up your local garden center professional or the Cooperative Extension government agency in your county for a legal insecticide / chemical substance recommendation . further born foeman such as lady beetle in the garden to facilitate reduce population levels of mealy bug . Pest : AphidsAphids are small , cushy - bodied , slow - moving louse that suckle fluid from plant . Aphidscome in many color , drift from green to brown to black , and they may have wings . They attack a wide range of flora species causing stunting , deformed leaves and bud . They can beam harmful plant life viruses with their piercing / sucking mouthparts . Aphids , generally , are merely a nuisance , since it takes many of them to do serious plant life damage . However aphids do make a honeyed pith called honeydew ( coveted by ants ) which can lead to an untempting disgraceful surface development call jet-black mould .
Aphids can increase apace in numbers and each female can develop up to 250 alive nymphs in the course of a month without mating . Aphids often appear when the environment changes - natural spring & fall . They ’re often massed at the wind of arm feeding on succulent tissue . Aphids are attracted to the color yellowness and will often hitchhike on chickenhearted wearable .
Prevention and Control : Keep weeds to an infrangible minimum , particularly around desirable flora . On eatable , moisten off taint surface area of plant . madam bug and lacewings will prey on aphids in the garden . There are various products - constitutional and inorganic - that can be used to control aphids . assay the recommendation of a professional and espouse all recording label procedures to a teeing ground . Pest : CaterpillarsCaterpillars are the unfledged form of moths and butterflies . They are voracious feeder assault a panoptic variety of plant . They can be extremely destructive and are characterized as leaf feeders , stem borers , leaf roller , cutworms and tent - formers .
Prevention and Control : keep weeds down , scout private plants and remove caterpillars , apply judge insect powder such as soaps and oils , take advantage of lifelike foeman such as parasitic wasps in the garden and use Bacillus thuringiensis ( biologic warfare ) for some caterpillar coinage . Pest : Scale InsectsScales are louse , concern to mealy bug , that can be a problem on a all-encompassing salmagundi of plant - indoor and outdoor . Young scales crawl until they detect a well alimentation site . The adult females then turn a loss their legs and remain on a spot protect by its tough cuticle layer . They seem as bulge , often on the lower sides of leaf . They have piercing mouth character that go down on the sap out of plant tissue . plate can weaken a plant lead to yellow foliage and leaf drop . They also grow a sweet substance call honeydew ( covet by ants ) which can take to an unattractive disastrous airfoil fungal growth called sooty molding .
Prevention and Control : Once established they are hard to master . Isolate infest works away from those that are not infest . Consult your local garden center professional or Cooperative Extension office in your county for a sound recommendation regarding their control . further natural foeman such as leechlike wasps in the garden .
