Botanical Name: Thevetia peruviana
Common Name: Yellow Oleander
Type of Plant: dicot: tree/shrub
Character evergreen
 
Habit of Growth:
Overall Shape an upright, mostly multi-trunked plant, shrubby in youth with a rounded form; can become an open, rounded canopied small tree as it matures
Height 10-20' (30')
Spread equal
Growth Rate rapid
 
Environment:
Exposure outdoors full sun
Soil tolerates most; prefers well-draining locations
Hardiness some frost (zones 12, 13, 21-24); thrives in warm low-elev.
 
Morphology:
Leaves pinnate, alternate or whorled, linear-narrowly elliptic, 3-6" long with margins somewhat revolute; bright glossy green
Flowers yellow, funnel-shaped, 1" diameter, in loose terminal clusters; late spring-summer
Fruit a drupe: angular, 1-1-1/4", with a green exocarp
 
Propagation:
seed
 
Usage:
an excellent small accent tree valued for its yellow flowers and multi-trunked form; suitable for patios, or as a large container plant; can be used as a loose background screen if left unpruned
 
Landscape Care:
Watering an occasional deep soak; plant tolerates regular watering if drainage is good
Fertilizing balanced, in spring and summer
Pruning to shape desired: as a tree, head high and thin out
Pests/Diseases relatively free
 
Origin: Peru/Equador
Family: Apocynaceae

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