My oleanders are really blooming now.These are from small cuttings sent to me last fall.Of the 47 new varieties I got there are about 22 kinds blooming now. Here goes this may take a few minutes to download all of the pics.
This is Calypso very bright large flowers.
this is Sorrento nice yellow clone that blooms all year long with warm temps.
This is my no name dbl. white I found locally a year or so ago. Blooms in summer with wonderful double white flowers.
This is "Turners Tickled Pink" a semi dwarf type from Texas. nice color smaller flowers
This is Agnes Campbell, large flowers of a nice pink tinge.
This is "Cherry Ripe" probably an Australian hybrid. nice rose red color medium sized flowers.
This is dwarf red possibly the variety "Algeirs" deep red flowers small in size but a robust plant.Doesn't seem that dwarf yet.
This is "Willard Cooke" a nice large flowered white single
This is "Petite Pink" might be another Turners hybrid. small plant small pink flowers. blooms a lot.
This is "Charles Murcott" a nice large flowered single pink.
this is "Ed Barr" a nice single pure snow white color.
this is "East End Pink" a vibrant deep pink that blooms well medium sized flowers.
this is "Turners Carnival" I use this one a lot outdoors in summer, stays under 6 ft tall and blooms year round. Small beautiful flowers. great cultivar.
This is "Hanna Henslee" a nice pink with medium sized flowers.
this is "Harriet Newding" a favorite of mine due to the stripe of red down the center of the petals. not a heavy bloomer but still unique.
this is "Kewpie" a floppy flowered pink. fringed edges sometimes.
this is "Francis Moody" a bright pink the blooms in clusters.Medium sized flowers.
this is "Isle of Capri" a white with a golden yellow center. Nice contrast .Medium sized flowers.
this is "Mrs. Rhoeding" a fav of mine , double full flower clusters of nice salmon pink with darker edges.
un named single red..deep bright red color. gets tall and wide.
Where do you find all of these? Out here there's a certain small set of cultivars that you find everywhere, but a lot of yours I've never seen around here at all.
Many are old heirloom varieties from Texas.The Oleander society is trying to get many of them saved for the future by dispersal of plants. Members also help by donating cuttings to their collection.
Oh..and the above are only half of the collection I have now.I have 52 kinds .
Kyle :-)
Great pictures! I love to see all the different kinds.
Eclipse...your collection is just stunning.....they are so beautiful but so underrated,they deserve to be much more popular ...your promotion of them is to be admired.Please post more pics when available.Oleanders have been a great standby here for many years too and have survived many long droughts..even after the old homesteads have long since gone.. They seem to be a very long lived plant.
Out here they're so popular that a lot of people don't want to plant them because they're overused--every freeway median in the state practically is filled with them. Not some of these cool cultivars though! But I still like them, they're pretty and don't need a lot of care & attention and they bloom for such a long period of time, what's not to like?
Beautiful, all of them.
I agree, all beautiful!
I don't know much about Oleanders...maybe some of you who grow them can enlighten me.
The only thing I recall about them off the top of my head is that their foliage is poisonous? If so, to what extent...is it a major concern?
I mean will I have to wash my hands after handling them and tell my kids (8 & 12...old enough to know better) not to touch them?
The WM near here has several in their outdoor garden center.
Since they're not hardy here, they haven't sold too many of them (and they're BIG plants!) and I have a feeling they'll reduce their price. If they reduce them, I might consider buying one.
Do you recommend that I buy one?
I don't have a greenhouse, but I do have a sunny unheated porch where I overwinter other plants not hardy in my zone.
They are poisonous, I think pretty much all parts of the plant are poisonous. If you have pets or kids who might show interest in the plant, I wouldn't recommend it. You also need to be careful when you're pruning, like other plants in Apocynaceae family it has a milky sap that can come out when you cut/break a branch, and that is something you could accidentally ingest, gets on your hands or clothes or something and you don't really realize it so you do need to be careful (I think for the people who end up seeking medical treatment for oleander poisoning this is probably the way most of them got sick, most people aren't out there eating the leaves!) Also you don't want to accidentally get it in your eyes or something because it would be quite irritating. I had them at my old house and pruned them every year with no ill effects, you just need to exercise caution.
I think that you have to ingest the sap. I remember once, in Hawaii, hearing about a boy that used one of the branches to cook a hotdog and he died after he ate the hotdog. The sap must have gone into the hotdog while it was cooking. I always think of that when I see oleanders.
Have been meaning to ask-all these gorgeous oleanders, Kyle-how is the scent on any of them? I have a double pale yellow that is beautiful, and blooming now, but there is hardly any scent.
Thanks for the info, ecrane3 and TL123....I'll have to think hard about it before I buy.
I guess I could put it in the corner of the porch and tag it with a reminder!
I thought it was kind of odd that they were selling them here in zone 4.
There can't possibly be any of them hardy here, can there?
I'm curious about whether any of them have a scent, too, Kyle.
Nan, I wasn't telling that story to scare you off! I was trying to say that chances of one of your kids eating part of the plant was slim...esp if you tell them not to fool around with it. I have had quite a few here in NC with 3 boys, and never worried about it, and in Hawaii-they are all over the place-in most yards with kids too-no one tries to avoid them there-
I am pretty sure that they are not hardy there in Zone4.
Oh, I know, TL...I understood your point.(Ü)
Not likely that any of us would ingest any part of the plant...what a sad story, though!
I do have other plants with poisonous foliage, and I simply explain that to the kids when I bring the plant home...they know which ones to steer clear of.
As for the pets...they seem to know which plants to stay away from.
We have 2 dogs indoors, and neither of them has ever bothered any of the plants (and believe me, there are plenty of plants inside for them to choose from!) Besides, this would be on the porch during the winter, where no one would be inspired to 'bother' it anyway.
If the price goes low enough....I just might buy one.
A few are fragrant, a light baby powder kind of scent.
Nan, even honey made from Oleander pollen is poisonous. No bee keepers go near them. They are still lovely plants, just don't eat them. :-)
Kyle :-)
Interesting factoid, Kyle!
I just might go for it.....it's not like we *will* eat them (LOL!) and also, many other plants are 'poisonous', as we all know.
I'll just make sure to educate my kids about it if I choose to purchase.
Azaleas and daffodils are just as poisonous. But most people hgrow these and never even think about it. Go Figure??? LOL
Kyle:-)
ALL parts of the plant are poisonous, and quite highly. Our weinerdog, who loves to taste everything it finds on the ground (worse than a toddler), is the reason I won't grow any. We have Calypso and Sorrento at work, and I'd love to have either one. Both are grown as standards, and make stunning focal points in container groupings. I'm quite amazed that you can grow that many in Iowa. Do you have a greenhouse to over-winter them?
I had a wonderful double pink one once that smelled like bubble gum. It was a NOID so we called it Bazooka.
They are overwintered in a warm greenhouse in winter.
Heres another cultivar oleander "Splendens" Ardesia this is probably the double you had.
My first real exposure to Oleanders. Very intriquing. Thank you Kyle.
Erick
Ardesia, perfect name for that one, Bazooka!
Erick....check out your WM garden center.....ours have some in their greenhouse that is attached to the store (not outdoors).
The ones near here are very large plants.
I'm betting on their being reduced in price soon, as no one seems to be buying them.
Eggs_Zachtly, are those two at work grown outdoors or indoors?
Just curious, as if they're grown outdoors in your 5b, I could definitely grow one on my unheated porch.
