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Fragrant Oleanders looking for some more

17 years ago

Went to oleander.org and saw some hybrids from Turners. Now I have been to Turners in Corpus but never noticed the oleanders. Then I was not looking. I found some hybrids that were very fragrant. They smell like sweet rose with maybe a bubble gum undertone.

I went home with 12 of the Flirt Hybrids (fragrant) and 4 Nerium giant whites. (Non fragant). Now with only 1.5 inches of rain this year only my Oleanders look good and they are almost never watered and in the full sun. I think I will start collecting fragrant oleanders. I have a couple acres around the house that I keep fenced from the livestock so there is plenty of hot and dry areas. LOL It is nice to see flowers even if they are Oleanders.

Anyone know of some fragrant ones?

Jim

Here is a link that might be useful: Turners Oleanders

Comments (9)

  • 17 years ago

    Hello, i have mixed seeds of a light single pink oleander and a double deep pink which has a sweet fragrance, and also a single white without fragrance.
    Do you have oleander seeds to trade? Im not sure if they grow true from seeds? But i am looking for different colours.
    Siam.

  • 17 years ago

    I gave about a million away last year. There are some pods on the plants right now. I think there is a red with pods but need to look. I have never tried seeds but will this year. The red is fragrant. I never paid attention to oleanders before. I imagine if I gave them 1/100 th of the care brugmansia's get they would be beautiful.

  • 17 years ago

    Hi, great we should do a trade. send me an e-mail touchmybody19@yahoo.com
    Yep oleanders are so easy to grow.
    Siam

  • 17 years ago

    Siam, I crack up every time I see your email address, lol. Jim I sent you an email. Let me know how to root them. I never even knew mine smelled good, lol. It is neglected as well and Morgan has been cutting vase fulls of them. Don't know why I never thought to smell them. I guess all the others I smelled were never fragrant so didn't think to check. She has a big spray of them in her ponytail and I can smell them across the room, lol. They are sweet.

  • 17 years ago

    Oh Kristy you said it lol. I am with you on the smell. Gosh that would be heavenly with all the blooms a oleander has!! Mine is not blooming but has seedpods again.

    Jim you really need to share pictures with us!!I took a lot of cuttings of the dark pink tall bush and the medium growing pink one last year and must say that Oleander rooted very easy for me.

    Lucy

  • 17 years ago

    Ok, Flirt is a beauty. She did not miss a beat on the 1st day in the blazing sun. No other plant will do that here in July. On my way to eat Chinese now. I will take pics later. I can smell my little guys 10 feet away. Mine is a dwarf and will grow to 6-8 feet.

  • 17 years ago

    Hope you enjoyed your Chinese. Just looked at all the Oleanders. WOW got to start flirting and then some lol

    Lucy

  • 17 years ago

    Lucy, You will have to help me root some cutting for him. It smells like bubble gum sort of and roses but more sweet, lol. Kylie stuck a long branch of it in the lotus pot. I'll have to check on it. Maybe I'll be surprised and it rooted. The first time I saw her with a big spray of the flowers I thought she had swiped roses out of somebody else's yard since I don't have the cluster kind, lol. I couldn't believe it was the oleander. never really looked at the flowers up close. Just enjoyed the whole bush.

  • 17 years ago

    The easiest way to root oleanders is put them in a glass of water but change the water about everyother day. It has worked for many many times.

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