How to tend a Nerium indicum
Also known as: Nerion oleandrum St.-Lag., Nerium carneum hort. ex Dum.Cours., Nerium flavescens Spin, Nerium floridum Salisb., Nerium grandiflorum Desf., Nerium indicum Mill., Nerium indicum subsp. kotschyi (Boiss.) Rech.f., Nerium japonicum hort. ex Gentil, Nerium kotschyi Boiss., Nerium latifolium Mill., Nerium lauriforme Lam., Nerium luteum Nois. ex Steud., Nerium mascatense A.DC., Nerium odoratissimum Wender., Nerium odoratum Lam., Nerium odorum Aiton, Nerium oleander subsp. kurdicum Rech.f., Nerium splendens hort. ex Paxton, Nerium thyrsiflorum Paxton, Nerium verecundum Salisb., Oleander indica (Mill.) Medik., Oleander vulgaris Medik., Nerium indicum var. leucanthum Makino, Nerium indicum var. lutescens Makino, Nerium indicum var. plenum Makino, Nerium indicum f. leucanthum (Makino) Okuyama, Nerium oleander var. indicum (Mill.) O.Deg. & Greenwell
Log in to add this plantWatering
Water thoroughly when soil is dry, avoid saturated water
Sunlight
Put in sunny places, grows in places with scattered light
Soil
Peat or soil with specific nutrients
Fertilizer
Dilute fertilizers following instructions, apply 1-2 times monthly
Pruning
Remove aged tissues, dead and pest branches timely
About this plant
- Origin
- India, Iran, Nepal
- Category
- Apocynaceae, Nerium
- Size
- Diameter ⥠15 cm, height ⥠25 cm
- Blooming period
- Flowering period year around, peak time in summer, fruiting period in winter and spring
- Flower colors
- dark red or pink
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