Oleander – Nerium oleander ‘Petite Pink’

General Landscape Uses: An exceptional, low-maintenance choice for low-to-medium hedges, foundation plantings, border accents, and mass color plantings. Ecological Restoration Notes: Not used in ecological restoration. This is a highly cultivated Mediterranean exotic and is strictly an ornamental cultivar. Description: A tough, compact, multi-stemmed evergreen shrub featuring dense, upright-rounded growth. It displays narrow, leathery, willow-like dark green leaves that remain attractive year-round. All parts of the plant emit a milky, toxic sap when cut. Dimensions: Height 3 – 5 ft.; Spread 3 – 5 ft. Growth Rate: Moderate to fast Native Range: Mediterranean region Native Habitats: Dry riverbeds, rocky streams, and coastal Mediterranean scrub Soils: Poor, sandy, gravelly, alkaline, or heavy clay soils Nutritional Requirements: Low Salt Water Tolerance: Low Salt Wind Tolerance: Moderate to height Drought Tolerance: Height Light Requirements: Full sun Flower Color: Pink Flower Characteristics: Funnel-shaped, single-petaled blossoms clustered heavily at the tips of new growth Flowering Season: All year Fruit: Produces long, narrow, pairing seed pods containing numerous silky-tufted seeds Wildlife and Ecology: Highly deer-resistant and rabbit-resistant due to the plant’s natural toxicity. Flowers attract bees and butterflies, though they produce no nectar. It is a specific host plant for the Oleander Caterpillar (Syntomeida epilais). Horticultural Notes: Grown from cuttings Comments: