Grow your own oleander plants
Especially when it comes to seed multiplication, you do not know what you get in the end will. In contrast to cuttings, which are cut off from the mother plant and are therefore only clones of the same, with seeds you do not know which genome of the ancestor will prevail. Basically it is like with children: Here, too, during pregnancy you do not know what the child will look like or what character it will have.
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You can buy oleander seeds or buy them yourself from the ripe pods from an existing plant. Soak the seeds in lukewarm water for about 24 hours and then sow them in a low-nutrient plant Potting soil filled bowl. Oleander is one of the light germs, which is why you should not cover the seeds or only cover them very thinly with sieved soil. Cover the dish with a translucent hood (for example a perforated plastic film) and always keep the substrate slightly moist. The growing container should be in a warm and bright place.
Rooting oleander cuttings
It is even easier than growing from seeds Rooting of oleander cuttings. To do this, cut non-flowering shoots about 20 to 30 centimeters long during the summer months and remove all leaves except for the top two. The cut surface to be rooted should be kept as inclined as possible in order to make it easier for the cutting to absorb water. Now place the cuttings in an opaque (important! Roots will eventually develop in the dark!) Jar with lukewarm water and put in a light and warm place. Put a cut off plastic bottle or bag (such as a freezer bag) over it and you have one Mini greenhouse.(€ 25.14 at Amazon *)
Whether grown from seeds or cuttings, the young oleanders should soon be planted in a pot with low-humus oleander soil and placed in a warm and light location. In the hot summer months, the plants can go outside, but you should put them in their winter quarters as early as possible - before the first frosts. Older oleanders can easily tolerate temperatures as low as minus five degrees Celsius for a short time, while young plants are much more sensitive.
Tips
You can use older oleander bushes too Divide into several sub-plants and in this way grow new bushes.