Oleanders

Does anyone know if after a hard freeze if oleanders will come back? Mine were so bueatifull this summer now all the leaves are brown.

They should, plant files day they are hardy in our zone.

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When I lived in the Upstate, a neighbor had beautiful ones. They came back even after single-digit nights.

You can be almost certain they will bounce back dknapp, especially if they are red (the pink and white strains are more susceptible to frost damage for some reason). Just let them leaf out in the spring, and cut out any dead branches. This winter hasn't gotten cold enough to cause any severe damage, and even if it had, they'd come back from the roots. Probably won't flower this year if killed back to the roots, but next year you'll be back in business.

Ok I'm back I noticed a tiny little growth on my oleanders a little out of the grown do any leaves form on the stems? I have brown stems do I cut to the grown or let them go I trimmed a little but is this the norm I love these plants and they just don't look that well except that little tiny green bud that know one can see.

I always cut my brugmansia and confederate rose as close to the ground I can in the spring. The ground is still cold and we haven't had that much rain in summerville. Start at the top of one of the stalks and cut a few inches at a time and see if you hit greenwood. If you do, then cut back to where you start seeing greenwood if you want. Start watering them every day and you should see new growth coming up rapidly. Please be advised that oleander sap can cause severe dermatitis in sensitive people, so wear gloves.

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Here on Topsail Island, our oleanders look like they have been "frosted".
Brown instead of the usual green. I am thinking of pruning the tips since that is
where the major growth happens. What do ya'll think?

I have noticed a growth coming only from out of the ground on these oleanders do they also sprout from the stems or should they be cut to the ground any advice?

I'd wait to cut them back, dknapp. One year in Texas we had 3 straight days where it never got above 10 degrees. I figured the Oleanders were "goners" and planned to replant them later in the spring. Good thing. They ALL came back! From the bottom first as you've noted, but since they were relatively low on the priority list, I just ignored them. Another good (if accidental!) choice, because a month later growth was emerging about 1/3 of the way up most stalks. It was good, heathy growth, so I just left them alone. Once it became clear where the dead tissue started, I hacked them back to that point (I think it was in May), and those things grew to almost their original height, and bloomed like crazy. Better than ever before.