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APPLE BLOSSOM – This one has very attractive " Apple Blossom " pink

flowers in huge clusters on a large, rounded, spreading shrub. It is

hardy and blooms well, even after being cut back heavily, it makes a

fine tub plant, specimen plant, or hedge plant.

 

CALYPSO – An excellent hardy iridescent cherry red oleander that is

very salt and wind tolerant. It is a strong grower and has

outstanding plant habits.

 

DOUBLE RED – this is an old and reliable double red oleander that is

as beautiful as it is easy to grow.

 

EAST END PINK – The pretty medium pink flowers have a bluish cast and

the corolla lobes are reflexed. It is very hardy and is one of the

most floriferous spring bloomers. It makes an intermediate size shrub.

 

ED BARR – This is an exceptionally hardy cultivar that will quickly

make a big screen or hedge plant that can become 12 or more feet tall.

It produces huge quantities of large, white flowers with yellow

coronas all summer. The throat is yellow.

 

FRANCES MOODY NEWMAN – A very attractive variety that flowers all

summer. The single flowers are a rich deep pink with an iridescent

cast. The corona is creamy white with pink stripes.

 

FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT - This is a very hardy, intermediate to large

sized plant with unique large salmon-orange flowers that turn almost

coppery-orange as the season progresses. It makes an incredible

splash of color and blooms from spring to mid-summer. The throat

color is yellow.

 

GARBING MALL – This is a very attractive cultivar with light pink

flowers produced throughout the summer. It is a good grower and makes

an attractive shrub.

 

GEORGE SEALY (sealy pink) – This favorite oleander is very beautiful,

but it is tender. It has fragrant, deep pink flowers with striped,

deep reddish-pink coronas. It makes a medium-size shrub and is good

as a pot plant. It is very floriferous and has very attractive flower

clusters.

 

GENERAL PERSHING – This is a very hardy mounding cultivar that tends

to weep or spill over, rather then grow upright. The large and very

attractive dark-red flowers are produced in profusion. It can be

easily identified by the over 12 " long stiletto-type leaves. The

number of petals often vary and the flowers are streaked white.

 

hardy pink: Please see PINK BEAUTY.

 

HARDY RED (sugarland) – This is a very hardy and dependable variety

with large clusters of handsome red flowers, which have a prominent

white apical fringe on the anther. The throat is red and it makes a

large shrub.

 

I LOVENBERG – (isle of capri) This is a semi-hardy but extremely

attractive large shrub that blooms all summer. It has very pleasing

creamy-yellow star-shaped flowers with yellow throats having dark stripes.

 

isle of capri: Please see I LOVENBERG.

 

JANNOCH – This is an excellent cultivar with big wide red flowers with

a highly fringed red corona and widely separated corolla lobes. It is

a good bloomer and covers itself with a blanket effect. It is a

hardy, compact, and nicely rounded large shrub. It has a red throat

and long corona teeth.

 

JENNIE – A splendid smaller growing intermediate type with many small

double-red, rose-like flowers. It has attractive foliage and fine

growth habits. This one is relatively hardy.

 

JOHN HARRIS – This is a choice large growing oleander with many large

clusters of showy bright red single flowers. The handsome dark-green

foliage shows off the pretty flowers nicely.

 

LADY KATE – This large growing semi-hardy cultivar covers itself with

large, single, pinwheel flowers that are the lightest of pinks. It

has attractive ruffled edges.

 

LANE TAYLOR SEALY - This is a well liked hardy intermediate selection

with large, very fragrant, light salmon flowers with pale yellow

coronas that are striped a deeper salmon. The throat color is light

yellow.

 

LITTLE RED – A choice dwarf selection that grows less than one-half

the size of `Hardy Red.' The flowers are smaller than `Hardy Red.'

The deep cherry-red blooms are very showy and the compact plant is

fairly cold hardy. The throat of the flower is red.

 

MAGNOLIA WILLIS SEALY – This excellent cultivar has huge clusters of

attractive fragrant double white flowers. It is relatively hardy and

a dependable bloomer all summer long. It has green sepals and flower

stems.

 

MATHILDE FERRIER – This is a very large growing plant that can be

grown as a shrub, as a standard tree, or as a multi-stem tree. It is

one of the hardiest oleanders. The double soft yellow flowers are

very attractive.

 

MONVIS (ruby lace) – This is a large shrub up to 12 feet, with dense

compact foliage. The large 3 " intense ruby-red pinwheel flowers are

much larger than most. The corolla lobes have scalloped edges with a

fringed lip that creates the wavy appearance of the flower.

 

MRS. BURTON – The splendid and very fragrant rose-pink flowers are

double, semi-double, and somewhat ruffled. A very desirable and

beautiful large plant that blooms all summer. It is semi-hardy.

 

MRS. EUGENIA FOWLER – This is a large and hardy variety that blooms

prolifically in late spring with flowers covering the plant. The

round full formed double flowers are a " hot pink " color.

 

mrs. f. roeding: Please see MRS. GEORGE ROEDING.

 

MRS. GEORGE ROEDING (mrs. f. roeding)- A splendid thick growing and

very hardy salmon-pink to salmon-orange (late in the season) oleander

with an excellent dense and compact habit. The beautiful, delightful,

and very fragrant flowers have fringed petals. It is one of the very

best intermediate growing oleanders.

 

MRS. ISADORE DYER – A hardy and very fragrant fully double large pink

flower that blooms all summer. In the spring, it has a light pink

color with a white stripe on each petal. As the weather warms up the

flowers turn a much darker pink. This is one of the very best!

 

MRS. KNOX – This semi-hardy cultivar makes a large plant with many

pure white hose-in-hose double flowers. It flowers heavily in the

spring and is semi-hardy. It has maroon sepals and flower stems. The

corolla lobes are rounded.

 

MRS. LUCILLE HUTCHINGS - This is a very large and hardy double peach

to light salmon-pink oleander with good plant habits. It has

spectacularly large blossoms and the tips of the petals are tinged pink.

 

MRS. RUNGE – This is one of the most beautiful of all the oleanders.

It has very fragrant large, fully double, deep rose pink flowers that

stand out against the strikingly variegated, yellow and green foliage.

It makes a large plant but is a little tender.

 

MRS. TRUEHEART – It is a magnificent free-flowering cultivar with

large, fragrant, single, pink flowers with prominent stripes in the

center. The delightful fragrance is intense, the color is a lovely

shade of pink, and the growth habit is bushy and rounded. It makes a

large shrub but is a little bit tender.

 

MRS. WILLARD COOK – This is a very early blooming cultivar that blooms

well through most of the summer. It makes a medium to large size

shrub that is very hardy. It bears masses of pretty, large, white,

pinwheel flowers that develop streaked red coronas as the summer

continues.

 

PEACH BLOSSOM – An excellent, medium size oleander with pretty, large,

double, macaroon scented, peach-pink flowers. It is a heavy bloomer

and exhibits great growth habits.

 

PETITE PINK – An excellent dwarf container plant that flowers

prolifically with masses of soft shell-pink blooms. It is a compact

grower, much used in landscaping and as a tub plant. It can be kept

in the 4 to 6 foot range with pruning. The throat is light pink with

dark stripes. It is not as hardy as some others are.

 

PETITE SALMON – A free-blooming, compact plant to 4 feet that bears

single, bright salmon-pink flowers with yellow coronas. It blooms

continuously and makes an excellent low hedge or container plant.

 

petite white: Please see TURNER'S SISSY KING.

 

PINK BEAUTY (hardy pink) – A very hardy spring blooming plant with

large windmill shaped, medium-pink blooms that cover the plant at the

peak of bloom. It makes a super windbreaker and is especially suited

for large hedges. The buds are swollen and balloon-like.

 

RED VELVET – This is an unusually attractive single red oleander with

a velvet appearance and it has a bushy growth habit and blooms all summer.

 

sealy pink: Please see GEORGE SEALY.

 

SCARLET BEAUTY – This is a beautiful deep cherry-red with blue-black

margins and a velvet sheen. It loads down with blooms in the spring

and repeats nicely throughout the summer. The plant is semi-hardy but

the color is special. The throat of the bloom is red and it makes a

large shrub.

 

SHARP PINK – A very distinctive and showy single pink oleander that

attracts lots of attention. It has very handsome foliage and is a

consistent bloomer.

 

SISTER AGNES – A very beautiful and dependable, large free-flowering

cultivar that bears great masses of showy blooms. It is not quite as

hardy as `Ed Barr.'

 

SORRENTO – This is an absolutely gorgeous, soft, creamy-yellow double

flower. It is ideally suited for container use and can easily be kept

compact. This excellent cultivar is free flowering. It is very

beautiful but it is also very tender.

 

SUE HAWLEY OAKS – This is a highly prized plant of intermediate size

with creamy medium-yellow blooms with yellow throats. The bell shaped

flowers are single and star-shaped. It has dark green leaves that are

very attractive. It is somewhat tender but well worth growing.

 

sugarland: Please see HARDY RED.

 

TURNER'S FLIRT - A dwarf to medium-sized iridescent hot pink with red

stripes and yellow throats that later fades to light pink. It blooms

eight to nine months each season. It has the scent of Double-Bubble gum.

 

TURNER'S SHARI D – This is a free flowering, soft, buff- yellow flower

with tinges of pink. The bloom clusters are extremely large and showy.

It makes a 6 to 8 foot shrub, but can be kept smaller with pruning.

The growth habit is full and upright. It is semi-hardy and has a

strong fragrance.

 

TURNER'S SISSY KING (petite white) – A very fine free-blooming

cultivar with flowers in tight clusters. The individual flowers have

buff ivory petals that are blushed with pink. The coronas are

candy-striped. It will bloom year-round in mild climates.

 

WHTIE SAND – A very desirable dwarf to semi-dwarf that is ideally

suited to use in containers or in the landscape. The leaves are showy

and it has good growth habits. This one blooms throughout the summer

and makes a good small hedge about 3 to 4 feet tall.

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Good work mcnini bravo and thank you.

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Oleander varieties

 

 

APPLE BLOSSOM – This one has very attractive "Apple Blossom" pinkflowers in huge clusters on a large, rounded, spreading shrub. It ishardy and blooms well, even after being cut back heavily, it makes afine tub plant, specimen plant, or hedge plant.CALYPSO – An excellent hardy iridescent cherry red oleander that isvery salt and wind tolerant. It is a strong grower and hasoutstanding plant habits.DOUBLE RED – this is an old and reliable double red oleander that isas beautiful as it is easy to grow.EAST END PINK – The pretty medium pink flowers have a bluish cast andthe corolla lobes are reflexed. It is very hardy and is one of themost floriferous spring bloomers. It makes an intermediate size shrub.ED BARR – This is an exceptionally hardy cultivar that will quicklymake a big screen or hedge plant that can become 12 or more feet tall.It produces huge quantities of large, white flowers with yellowcoronas all summer. The throat is yellow.FRANCES MOODY NEWMAN – A very attractive variety that flowers allsummer. The single flowers are a rich deep pink with an iridescentcast. The corona is creamy white with pink stripes.FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT - This is a very hardy, intermediate to largesized plant with unique large salmon-orange flowers that turn almostcoppery-orange as the season progresses. It makes an incrediblesplash of color and blooms from spring to mid-summer. The throatcolor is yellow.GARBING MALL – This is a very attractive cultivar with light pinkflowers produced throughout the summer. It is a good grower and makesan attractive shrub.GEORGE SEALY (sealy pink) – This favorite oleander is very beautiful,but it is tender. It has fragrant, deep pink flowers with striped,deep reddish-pink coronas. It makes a medium-size shrub and is goodas a pot plant. It is very floriferous and has very attractive flowerclusters.GENERAL PERSHING – This is a very hardy mounding cultivar that tendsto weep or spill over, rather then grow upright. The large and veryattractive dark-red flowers are produced in profusion. It can beeasily identified by the over 12" long stiletto-type leaves. Thenumber of petals often vary and the flowers are streaked white.hardy pink: Please see PINK BEAUTY.HARDY RED (sugarland) – This is a very hardy and dependable varietywith large clusters of handsome red flowers, which have a prominentwhite apical fringe on the anther. The throat is red and it makes alarge shrub.I LOVENBERG – (isle of capri) This is a semi-hardy but extremelyattractive large shrub that blooms all summer. It has very pleasingcreamy-yellow star-shaped flowers with yellow throats having dark stripes.isle of capri: Please see I LOVENBERG.JANNOCH – This is an excellent cultivar with big wide red flowers witha highly fringed red corona and widely separated corolla lobes. It isa good bloomer and covers itself with a blanket effect. It is ahardy, compact, and nicely rounded large shrub. It has a red throatand long corona teeth.JENNIE – A splendid smaller growing intermediate type with many smalldouble-red, rose-like flowers. It has attractive foliage and finegrowth habits. This one is relatively hardy.JOHN HARRIS – This is a choice large growing oleander with many largeclusters of showy bright red single flowers. The handsome dark-greenfoliage shows off the pretty flowers nicely.LADY KATE – This large growing semi-hardy cultivar covers itself withlarge, single, pinwheel flowers that are the lightest of pinks. Ithas attractive ruffled edges.LANE TAYLOR SEALY - This is a well liked hardy intermediate selectionwith large, very fragrant, light salmon flowers with pale yellowcoronas that are striped a deeper salmon. The throat color is lightyellow.LITTLE RED – A choice dwarf selection that grows less than one-halfthe size of `Hardy Red.' The flowers are smaller than `Hardy Red.'The deep cherry-red blooms are very showy and the compact plant isfairly cold hardy. The throat of the flower is red.MAGNOLIA WILLIS SEALY – This excellent cultivar has huge clusters ofattractive fragrant double white flowers. It is relatively hardy anda dependable bloomer all summer long. It has green sepals and flowerstems.MATHILDE FERRIER – This is a very large growing plant that can begrown as a shrub, as a standard tree, or as a multi-stem tree. It isone of the hardiest oleanders. The double soft yellow flowers arevery attractive.MONVIS (ruby lace) – This is a large shrub up to 12 feet, with densecompact foliage. The large 3" intense ruby-red pinwheel flowers aremuch larger than most. The corolla lobes have scalloped edges with afringed lip that creates the wavy appearance of the flower.MRS. BURTON – The splendid and very fragrant rose-pink flowers aredouble, semi-double, and somewhat ruffled. A very desirable andbeautiful large plant that blooms all summer. It is semi-hardy.MRS. EUGENIA FOWLER – This is a large and hardy variety that bloomsprolifically in late spring with flowers covering the plant. Theround full formed double flowers are a "hot pink" color.mrs. f. roeding: Please see MRS. GEORGE ROEDING.MRS. GEORGE ROEDING (mrs. f. roeding)- A splendid thick growing andvery hardy salmon-pink to salmon-orange (late in the season) oleanderwith an excellent dense and compact habit. The beautiful, delightful,and very fragrant flowers have fringed petals. It is one of the verybest intermediate growing oleanders.MRS. ISADORE DYER – A hardy and very fragrant fully double large pinkflower that blooms all summer. In the spring, it has a light pinkcolor with a white stripe on each petal. As the weather warms up theflowers turn a much darker pink. This is one of the very best!MRS. KNOX – This semi-hardy cultivar makes a large plant with manypure white hose-in-hose double flowers. It flowers heavily in thespring and is semi-hardy. It has maroon sepals and flower stems. Thecorolla lobes are rounded.MRS. LUCILLE HUTCHINGS - This is a very large and hardy double peachto light salmon-pink oleander with good plant habits. It hasspectacularly large blossoms and the tips of the petals are tinged pink.MRS. RUNGE – This is one of the most beautiful of all the oleanders. It has very fragrant large, fully double, deep rose pink flowers thatstand out against the strikingly variegated, yellow and green foliage.It makes a large plant but is a little tender.MRS. TRUEHEART – It is a magnificent free-flowering cultivar withlarge, fragrant, single, pink flowers with prominent stripes in thecenter. The delightful fragrance is intense, the color is a lovelyshade of pink, and the growth habit is bushy and rounded. It makes alarge shrub but is a little bit tender.MRS. WILLARD COOK – This is a very early blooming cultivar that bloomswell through most of the summer. It makes a medium to large sizeshrub that is very hardy. It bears masses of pretty, large, white,pinwheel flowers that develop streaked red coronas as the summercontinues.PEACH BLOSSOM – An excellent, medium size oleander with pretty, large,double, macaroon scented, peach-pink flowers. It is a heavy bloomerand exhibits great growth habits.PETITE PINK – An excellent dwarf container plant that flowersprolifically with masses of soft shell-pink blooms. It is a compactgrower, much used in landscaping and as a tub plant. It can be keptin the 4 to 6 foot range with pruning. The throat is light pink withdark stripes. It is not as hardy as some others are.PETITE SALMON – A free-blooming, compact plant to 4 feet that bearssingle, bright salmon-pink flowers with yellow coronas. It bloomscontinuously and makes an excellent low hedge or container plant.petite white: Please see TURNER'S SISSY KING.PINK BEAUTY (hardy pink) – A very hardy spring blooming plant withlarge windmill shaped, medium-pink blooms that cover the plant at thepeak of bloom. It makes a super windbreaker and is especially suitedfor large hedges. The buds are swollen and balloon-like.RED VELVET – This is an unusually attractive single red oleander witha velvet appearance and it has a bushy growth habit and blooms all summer.sealy pink: Please see GEORGE SEALY.SCARLET BEAUTY – This is a beautiful deep cherry-red with blue-blackmargins and a velvet sheen. It loads down with blooms in the springand repeats nicely throughout the summer. The plant is semi-hardy butthe color is special. The throat of the bloom is red and it makes alarge shrub.SHARP PINK – A very distinctive and showy single pink oleander thatattracts lots of attention. It has very handsome foliage and is aconsistent bloomer.SISTER AGNES – A very beautiful and dependable, large free-floweringcultivar that bears great masses of showy blooms. It is not quite ashardy as `Ed Barr.'SORRENTO – This is an absolutely gorgeous, soft, creamy-yellow doubleflower. It is ideally suited for container use and can easily be keptcompact. This excellent cultivar is free flowering. It is verybeautiful but it is also very tender.SUE HAWLEY OAKS – This is a highly prized plant of intermediate sizewith creamy medium-yellow blooms with yellow throats. The bell shapedflowers are single and star-shaped. It has dark green leaves that arevery attractive. It is somewhat tender but well worth growing.sugarland: Please see HARDY RED.TURNER'S FLIRT - A dwarf to medium-sized iridescent hot pink with redstripes and yellow throats that later fades to light pink. It bloomseight to nine months each season. It has the scent of Double-Bubble gum.TURNER'S SHARI D – This is a free flowering, soft, buff- yellow flowerwith tinges of pink. The bloom clusters are extremely large and showy.It makes a 6 to 8 foot shrub, but can be kept smaller with pruning. The growth habit is full and upright. It is semi-hardy and has astrong fragrance.TURNER'S SISSY KING (petite white) – A very fine free-bloomingcultivar with flowers in tight clusters. The individual flowers havebuff ivory petals that are blushed with pink. The coronas arecandy-striped. It will bloom year-round in mild climates.WHTIE SAND – A very desirable dwarf to semi-dwarf that is ideallysuited to use in containers or in the landscape. The leaves are showyand it has good growth habits. This one blooms throughout the summerand makes a good small hedge about 3 to 4 feet tall.

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Hi Miznoname 44. New member

 

Here are some oleander varieties, sory i dont have the pictures, but if i found them i will sent it to you.

 

Good Luck

Hugs Mary

 

 

APPLE BLOSSOM – This one has very attractive "Apple Blossom" pinkflowers in huge clusters on a large, rounded, spreading shrub. It ishardy and blooms well, even after being cut back heavily, it makes afine tub plant, specimen plant, or hedge plant.CALYPSO – An excellent hardy iridescent cherry red oleander that isvery salt and wind tolerant. It is a strong grower and hasoutstanding plant habits.DOUBLE RED – this is an old and reliable double red oleander that isas beautiful as it is easy to grow.EAST END PINK – The pretty medium pink flowers have a bluish cast andthe corolla lobes are reflexed. It is very hardy and is one of themost floriferous spring bloomers. It makes an intermediate size shrub.ED BARR – This is an exceptionally hardy cultivar that will quicklymake a big screen or hedge plant that can become 12 or more feet tall.It produces huge quantities of large, white flowers with yellowcoronas all summer. The throat is yellow.FRANCES MOODY NEWMAN – A very attractive variety that flowers allsummer. The single flowers are a rich deep pink with an iridescentcast. The corona is creamy white with pink stripes.FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT - This is a very hardy, intermediate to largesized plant with unique large salmon-orange flowers that turn almostcoppery-orange as the season progresses. It makes an incrediblesplash of color and blooms from spring to mid-summer. The throatcolor is yellow.GARBING MALL – This is a very attractive cultivar with light pinkflowers produced throughout the summer. It is a good grower and makesan attractive shrub.GEORGE SEALY (sealy pink) – This favorite oleander is very beautiful,but it is tender. It has fragrant, deep pink flowers with striped,deep reddish-pink coronas. It makes a medium-size shrub and is goodas a pot plant. It is very floriferous and has very attractive flowerclusters.GENERAL PERSHING – This is a very hardy mounding cultivar that tendsto weep or spill over, rather then grow upright. The large and veryattractive dark-red flowers are produced in profusion It can beeasily identified by the over 12" long stiletto-type leaves. Thenumber of petals often vary and the flowers are streaked white.hardy pink: Please see PINK BEAUTY.HARDY RED (sugarland) – This is a very hardy and dependable varietywith large clusters of handsome red flowers, which have a prominentwhite apical fringe on the anther. The throat is red and it makes alarge shrub.I LOVENBERG – (isle of capri) This is a semi-hardy but extremelyattractive large shrub that blooms all summer. It has very pleasingcreamy-yellow star-shaped flowers with yellow throats having dark stripes.isle of capri: Please see I LOVENBERG.JANNOCH – This is an excellent cultivar with big wide red flowers witha highly fringed red corona and widely separated corolla lobes. It isa good bloomer and covers itself with a blanket effect. It is ahardy, compact, and nicely rounded large shrub. It has a red throatand long corona teeth.JENNIE – A splendid smaller growing intermediate type with many smalldouble-red, rose-like flowers. It has attractive foliage and finegrowth habits. This one is relatively hardy.JOHN HARRIS – This is a choice large growing oleander with many largeclusters of showy bright red single flowers. The handsome dark-greenfoliage shows off the pretty flowers nicely.LADY KATE – This large growing semi-hardy cultivar covers itself withlarge, single, pinwheel flowers that are the lightest of pinks. Ithas attractive ruffled edges.LANE TAYLOR SEALY - This is a well liked hardy intermediate selectionwith large, very fragrant, light salmon flowers with pale yellowcoronas that are striped a deeper salmon. The throat color is lightyellow.LITTLE RED – A choice dwarf selection that grows less than one-halfthe size of `Hardy Red.' The flowers are smaller than `Hardy Red.'The deep cherry-red blooms are very showy and the compact plant isfairly cold hardy. The throat of the flower is red.MAGNOLIA WILLIS SEALY – This excellent cultivar has huge clusters ofattractive fragrant double white flowers. It is relatively hardy anda dependable bloomer all summer long. It has green sepals and flowerstems.MATHILDE FERRIER – This is a very large growing plant that can begrown as a shrub, as a standard tree, or as a multi-stem tree. It isone of the hardiest oleanders. The double soft yellow flowers arevery attractive.MONVIS (ruby lace) – This is a large shrub up to 12 feet, with densecompact foliage. The large 3" intense ruby-red pinwheel flowers aremuch larger than most. The corolla lobes have scalloped edges with afringed lip that creates the wavy appearance of the flower.MRS BURTON – The splendid and very fragrant rose-pink flowers aredouble, semi-double, and somewhat ruffled. A very desirable andbeautiful large plant that blooms all summer. It is semi-hardy.MRS. EUGENIA FOWLER – This is a large and hardy variety that bloomsprolifically in late spring with flowers covering the plant. Theround full formed double flowers are a "hot pink" color.mrs. f. roeding: Please see MRS. GEORGE ROEDING.MRS. GEORGE ROEDING (mrs. f. roeding)- A splendid thick growing andvery hardy salmon-pink to salmon-orange (late in the season) oleanderwith an excellent dense and compact habit. The beautiful, delightful,and very fragrant flowers have fringed petals. It is one of the verybest intermediate growing oleanders.MRS. ISADORE DYER – A hardy and very fragrant fully double large pinkflower that blooms all summer. In the spring, it has a light pinkcolor with a white stripe on each petal. As the weather warms up theflowers turn a much darker pink. This is one of the very best!MRS. KNOX – This semi-hardy cultivar makes a large plant with manypure white hose-in-hose double flowers. It flowers heavily in thespring and is semi-hardy. It has maroon sepals and flower stems. Thecorolla lobes are rounded.MRS. LUCILLE HUTCHINGS - This is a very large and hardy double peachto light salmon-pink oleander with good plant habits. It hasspectacularly large blossoms and the tips of the petals are tinged pink.MRS. RUNGE – This is one of the most beautiful of all the oleanders. It has very fragrant large, fully double, deep rose pink flowers thatstand out against the strikingly variegated, yellow and green foliage.It makes a large plant but is a little tender.MRS. TRUEHEART – It is a magnificent free-flowering cultivar withlarge, fragrant, single, pink flowers with prominent stripes in thecenter. The delightful fragrance is intense, the color is a lovelyshade of pink, and the growth habit is bushy and rounded. It makes alarge shrub but is a little bit tender.MRS. WILLARD COOK – This is a very early blooming cultivar that bloomswell through most of the summer. It makes a medium to large sizeshrub that is very hardy. It bears masses of pretty, large, white,pinwheel flowers that develop streaked red coronas as the summercontinues.PEACH BLOSSOM – An excellent, medium size oleander with pretty, large,double, macaroon scented, peach-pink flowers. It is a heavy bloomerand exhibits great growth habits.PETITE PINK – An excellent dwarf container plant that flowersprolifically with masses of soft shell-pink blooms. It is a compactgrower, much used in landscaping and as a tub plant. It can be keptin the 4 to 6 foot range with pruning. The throat is light pink withdark stripes. It is not as hardy as some others are.PETITE SALMON – A free-blooming, compact plant to 4 feet that bearssingle, bright salmon-pink flowers with yellow coronas. It bloomscontinuously and makes an excellent low hedge or container plant.petite white: Please see TURNER'S SISSY KING.PINK BEAUTY (hardy pink) – A very hardy spring blooming plant withlarge windmill shaped, medium-pink blooms that cover the plant at thepeak of bloom. It makes a super windbreaker and is especially suitedfor large hedges. The buds are swollen and balloon-like.RED VELVET – This is an unusually attractive single red oleander witha velvet appearance and it has a bushy growth habit and blooms all summer.sealy pink: Please see GEORGE SEALY.SCARLET BEAUTY – This is a beautiful deep cherry-red with blue-blackmargins and a velvet sheen. It loads down with blooms in the springand repeats nicely throughout the summer. The plant is semi-hardy butthe color is special. The throat of the bloom is red and it makes alarge shrub.SHARP PINK – A very distinctive and showy single pink oleander thatattracts lots of attention. It has very handsome foliage and is aconsistent bloomer.SISTER AGNES – A very beautiful and dependable, large free-floweringcultivar that bears great masses of showy blooms. It is not quite ashardy as `Ed Barr.'SORRENTO – This is an absolutely gorgeous, soft, creamy-yellow doubleflower. It is ideally suited for container use and can easily be keptcompact. This excellent cultivar is free flowering. It is verybeautiful but it is also very tender.SUE HAWLEY OAKS – This is a highly prized plant of intermediate sizewith creamy medium-yellow blooms with yellow throats. The bell shapedflowers are single and star-shaped. It has dark green leaves that arevery attractive. It is somewhat tender but well worth growing.sugarland: Please see HARDY RED.TURNER'S FLIRT - A dwarf to medium-sized iridescent hot pink with redstripes and yellow throats that later fades to light pink. It bloomseight to nine months each season. It has the scent of Double-Bubble gum.TURNER'S SHARI D – This is a free flowering, soft, buff- yellow flowerwith tinges of pink. The bloom clusters are extremely large and showy.It makes a 6 to 8 foot shrub, but can be kept smaller with pruning. The growth habit is full and upright. It is semi-hardy and has astrong fragrance.TURNER'S SISSY KING (petite white) – A very fine free-bloomingcultivar with flowers in tight clusters. The individual flowers havebuff ivory petals that are blushed with pink. The coronas arecandy-striped. It will bloom year-round in mild climates.WHTIE SAND – A very desirable dwarf to semi-dwarf that is ideallysuited to use in containers or in the landscape. The leaves are showyand it has good growth habits. This one blooms throughout the summerand makes a good small hedge about 3 to 4 feet tall.

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Good point .

 

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Sunday, April 25, 2010 11:09 AM

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Just a note......... When making Oleandersoup, one must use Nerium Oleander. The picture of the plant is found on the Home Link of Oleandersoup.My Best,

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