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- Care, cutting, wintering: How to grow a magnificent oleander in the pot
- Select planter and substrate
- Maintain oleander in the bucket properly
- Select a site location
- Oleander better not to overwinter outdoors
- Tips
Oleander needs a lot of care as a potted plant
Care, cutting, wintering: How to grow a magnificent oleander in the pot
With its narrow, long, dark green glossy leaves and numerous flowers in bright colors, the oleander is a real eye-catcher in every garden. The shrub native to the Mediterranean, however, needs a lot of attention and care so that it can fully unfold its beauty.
Select planter and substrate
In order for Nerium oleander, as the botanical jargon grows up to five meters tall, to feel really comfortable, it needs a planter that is as wide and deep as possible. The roots of the oleander always extend in all directions - always in search of water - but the root ball usually develops more in breadth than in depth. So choose a planter that is about twice as wide and twice as deep as the root ball itself. There, you fill in a moderately humus-rich, rather loamy soil, which at best consists of a mixture of commercially available floral and loam-rich garden soil. There you can also mix in one or the other handful of sand.
Maintain oleander in the bucket properly
Oleander in the tub should be repotted once a year, replacing the substrate and always choosing the next largest pot size. If the shrub has become so big and heavy that repotting is difficult, this measure is only necessary every five years. Regular oleander care also includes regular watering - up to three times a day on hot summer days! - as well as the regular fertilizer. This is especially a rich fertilizer for flowering plants very well, which you give the oleander about once or twice a week. Oleander is extremely thirsty - and is also one of the plants that wet feet can not harm - and a typical starvation. In contrast, by the way, to numerous other Mediterranean plants. The pruning is done whenever possible in the spring.
Select a site location
Oleander loves the sun and the heat and therefore needs a suitable location. However, you should place the bucket so that the shrub is well protected from wind and rain - although the plant needs a lot of water, but not from above.
Oleander better not to overwinter outdoors
As a Mediterranean plant Oleander is not hardy and tolerates only slight frosts to about minus five degrees Celsius - and that only for a short period. For this reason, you better overwinter the shrub under cold weather conditions at about five degrees Celsius (of course, frost-free), although it does not necessarily have to be bright. Do not forget to water in winter!
Tips
It is better not to use rainwater for pouring (makes the substrate acidic), but stale and warmed tap water.