Oleander ordinary

An amazingly elegant and delicate plant is exactly the same dangerous. This evergreen shrub will be an excellent decoration for any site, since it can grow up to two meters in height. Very impressive looks in the winter garden or office. If there is a desire to do farming at home, it is worth taking only oleander ordinary. He will not bring much trouble and will be an excellent decoration for the window sill.

Several features of oleander cultivation

Initially, of course, it is not recommended to grow an ordinary oleander in a house with young children, because the wood and juice of the plant are poisonous. When the danger of such troubles is excluded, we start boldly taking care of our green pet by all the rules.

  1. We select a bright and quite spacious room . The flower does not like close neighbors.
  2. There are no special wishes for the temperature regime of the bush and the standard 20-23 ° in the warm period and 12-15 ° in the winter it will be completely arranged.
  3. But to the humidity of the air, the indoor oleander plant is more demanding. In summer, we must sprinkle it with water from the spray gun. This applies to the period with very dry air in winter. If you do not constantly spray it, the pallet with gravel and water is quite suitable.
  4. Oleander ordinary at home needs regular feeding. In the shops there is a complex of mineral fertilizers for indoor green plants. In spring, fertilizer should be applied every ten days.
  5. Every year a young bush should be transplanted, and adult plants every three years simply to transfer to another vase or replace the top layer of the earth. The soil for the plant must consist of equal parts of such types of fertilizers as peat, turf and humus.
  6. Pruning oleander is no less important part of caring for the plant. It is made to form a bush, stimulate flowering and, of course, remove all weak branches. Form the shrub exclusively in the autumn period, when the bloom is completely finished. In the spring, this can not be done categorically.

How to multiply the oleander as a houseplant?

Three main methods are used for reproduction: air outlets, seed and propagation. The seed method is used very rarely due to its complexity: the seeds take exceptionally fresh, the temperature should be only within 35 ° C, and also it is necessary to carefully monitor the preservation of all conditions under the film.

It is much easier to grow an oleander an ordinary method of cuttings or cuttings. The stalk is a ten-centimeter shoot, which is sprinkled with charcoal and then planted in perlite. Air outlets are perfectly rooted in wet sand or water. So it is quite real to grow a beautiful house bush.