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- Oleander hedge in the garden - good idea or not?
- Oleander is not hardy
- Hibernate Mediterranean plants properly
- Design options with oleander in the bucket
- Tips
An oleander hedge is a nice screen - in warm countries
Oleander hedge in the garden - good idea or not?
In various forums, the interested layman reads from Oleanderbesitzern owners who want to leave their (mostly older and therefore difficult to overwinter) oleander in the garden or even want to plant as a hedge. However, these successes are usually unsuccessful in our latitudes, because as a Mediterranean plant Nerius oleander is not hardy. However, you can also make a pretty (and mobile) Oleander hedge with potted plants over the summer.
Oleander is not hardy
Like all plants native to the Mediterranean, the oleander is only partially hardy. That means it can stand outside up to temperatures of minus five degrees Celsius, provided it's an older and more robust specimen, but it will freeze over in colder and lingering frosty temperatures. For this reason, planting oleander in the form of a hedge in the garden is not a good idea - it would simply freeze you after a colder winter.
Hibernate Mediterranean plants properly
Instead, it's best to overwinter oleander under cold-weather conditions, which means:
Oleander should be moved into the winter quarters as late as possible and cleared out as early as possible in the spring. Also, do not forget to water the plant regularly.
Design options with oleander in the bucket
Nevertheless, you do not have to do without a lush, dense leafy and wonderfully blooming oleander hedge - you just should not plant it out. Instead, simply arrange Oleander cultivated in pots so that they provide good privacy or demarcation for the balcony, patio or garden. Make sure, however, that the individual plants are not too close: oleander needs space and air, otherwise threatens immediately a pest invasion, for example, by spider mites or scale insects.
Tips
When cutting the oleander, you should not cut it back too much (or only if it is unavoidable for various reasons) and especially not touch the biennial shoots. Oleander blooms mainly on the previous year's wood, which is why you can bring by an overly spirited cut quickly to the magical flowering.