Whether on the terrace or on the balcony: Oleander is the perfect container plant.
In order to bloom magnificently in summer, the shrub needs intensive care.
Munich - potted plants not only decorate the balcony and terrace *, but can also be integrated well in the garden in selected places.
Oleander is particularly popular as a container plant.
The plant, which comes from southern Spain, is not hardy, but flowers all the more splendidly in summer.
Proper care is a basic requirement.
Oleander in summer: you have to pay attention to this when caring for the container plant
Oleander loves summer and the heat that comes with it.
No wonder, because in his original homeland Morocco and southern Spain there are no severe winters and frosty autumn days.
In summer, the shrub feels particularly good in this country and survives on the terrace or balcony without any problems.
Only the care has to be right, otherwise the shrub will die quickly despite the high temperatures.
The following points are particularly important when caring for oleanders in summer:
to water
Fertilize
cut
Flower care
Repot
Gardeners must consider all of these points when caring for oleanders in the summer.
When caring for the oleander, gardeners must always wear gloves, because the plant is poisonous and people with a latex allergy can develop a so-called cross allergy and thus react more intensely to the oleander.
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Oleander in summer: proper watering, fertilizing and pruning
The first two points are particularly important.
According to Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR), it is advisable to water oleander about twice a week.
So the shrub is not quite as thirsty as hydrangeas, but still swallows a lot of irrigation water.
The advantage here is that oleander garden fans forgive even slight waterlogging.
In addition to watering, the correct
fertilization of the oleander
is particularly
important. Because as much nutrients as the oleander plastered, there is no potted plant soil in it. That's why gardeners need to go to the specialist market and buy complex fertilizers. A good trick with this is to buy fertilizer that will go on for over a year. Garden fans don't always have fertilizers on their to-do lists, they only have to think about it once. The BR also advises to always give the oleander twice the amount of what is stated on the packaging.
In addition to these basic care tips, the
cut of oleanders
is also
not insignificant
.
The plant needs it especially when it bears dry and dead branches.
The garden fans simply snap out of the existing shrub.
If the oleander takes up too much space, radical pruning is also possible in spring.
Garden enthusiasts have to concentrate on the older shoots and shorten them to a length of about ten centimeters.
Gardeners have to leave the new shoots alone because the new flower buds are usually already growing on them.
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Oleander in summer: flower care and repotting
Caring for flowers is similar to pruning. Plant enthusiasts shouldn't be afraid to regularly remove old, withered flowers. Because this is how they stimulate the growth of new flowers. If there are no flowers at all in a year, plant owners don't have to worry. This is often simply due to a
lack of sunshine
, because in this country the oleander has to get by with significantly less sun rays than in its home.
As a rule, gardeners can repot the oleander every spring.
However, if you don't have unlimited space on the terrace or balcony, you can also limit the shrub to its limits.
According to the BR, the plant can cope well with gardening enthusiasts cutting off a third of the ball of the earth and accordingly decimating the plant by a third at the top.
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