Twist of Pink Oleander
Oleander nerium ‘Planst’
Plant Details
USDA Plant Hardiness Zones: 8b-11 (8a?) Find Your Zone
Plant Type: Evergreen Flowering Shrub
Height at Maturity: 6-8′
Width at Maturity: 6-8′
Spacing: 6′ for solid hedges; 12’+ for space between plants
Spacing: 6′ for solid hedges; 12’+ for space between plants
Growth Habit / Form: Upright, Bushy
Growth Rate: Fast
Flower Color: Pink
Flower Size: 1″, in clusters
Flowering Period: Summer
Flower Type: Single
Fragrant Flowers: No
Foliage Color: Green Edged in White
Fragrant Foliage: No
Berries: No
Berry Color: NA
Sun Needs: Full to Mostly Sun
Water Needs: Average, low when established
Soil Type: Clay (Amended), Loam, Sand, Silt
Soil Moisture / Drainage: Well-drained moist to somewhat dry
Soil pH: 5.0 – 8.3 (Neutral to Slightly Alkaline)
Maintenance / Care: Low
Attracts: Visual Attention
Resistances: Deer – more info, Disease, Drought, Heat, Humidity, Insect, Rabbit, Salt Tolerance
Description
Hardy to 15 degrees F, ‘Twist of Pink’ is a unique and flashy Oleander sporting rose-pink blooms that contrast beautifully with the creamy white and green variegated evergreen foliage. Excellent for use in the landscape or in large pots.
Landscape & Garden Uses
Growing 8 to 15 feet tall and wide, Twist of Pink Oleander is ideal for use as a focal point specimen anywhere it will fit in the sunny landscape. Also very nice as a very colorful, mid size to tall hedge and as a solo or centerpiece in large containers. A fine addition to tropical gardens, rock gardens and the Xeriscape (low water needs).
Suggested Spacing: 6 feet apart for solid hedges; 12 feet or more for space between plants
Note: For our customers who live and garden north of USDA Plant Hardiness Zone 8b, where this Oleander variety is not reliably winter hardy, you’ll be happy to know it can be grown in containers that can be brought indoors during winter and placed back outside when temperatures warm up in spring.
Growing Preferences
Oleander is very easy to grow in most any well-drained moist soil of average fertility and full to mostly sun for best flowering. During the first year it requires a moist soil to become established. After that the plant is exceptionally drought tolerant. It does not require pruning however can be trimmed for shape in late winter, before new leaves flush.
Note: Find helpful advice from our experts under the Planting & Care tab above on desktop monitors or below on mobile devices.
Caution: All parts of Oleander are Poisonous. Do not ingest any part of this plant.
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As with all of the Wilson Bros plants I have purchased (and I ordered these twice) they arrived in beautiful condition and are doing well a month later. The variegated foliage on these oleander makes them a nice garden feature, even in the absence of blooms.——————————-We are so glad you are pleased! Beth | WBG























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