Nerium Oleander

Oleander grows to 2a 6 mt. tall, with erect stems that splay outward as they mature; first-year stems have a glaucous bloom, while mature stems have a grayish bark. The leaves are in pairs or whorls of three, thick and leathery, dark-green, narrow lanceolate, 5a 21 cm long and 1a 3.5 cm broad, and with an entire margin. The flowers grow in clusters at the end of each branch; they are white, pink to red,2.5a 5 cm diameter, with a deeply 5-lobed fringed corolla round the central corolla tube. They are often, but not always, sweet-scented.[Note 3] The fruit is a long narrow capsule 5a 23 cm long, which splits open at maturity to release numerous downy seeds.