What is the white oleander flower and were can it be located??

Just curious - are you asking this question because of the book/ movie of the same name?


The Latin name is Nerium oleander, and it is a Mediterranean native. Since it is incredibly tough and grows without summer water, it is very common in many locations in California, even in the median strips and alongside the freeways and Interstate highways. It comes in colors other than white, too. All parts of the plant are extremely toxic. Animals have died from eating just one leaf, and I have heard that using a twig from the oleander to roast a marshmallow can cause the marshmallow to become a deadly toxin.


Oleander plants are available at home and garden stores (like Home Depot) and plant nurseries in areas where it is hardy. You could also find online nurseries that sell it.


Personally, although I live in an area where oleanders grow quite well, I would never plant them, because I wouldn't want to run the risk of my animals or visiting children being poisoned.

What is the white oleander flower and were can it be located??
I have been told Oleanders are poisenous, if you have young children or pets, plz consider another type of plant, consult the nursery to be sure. Oleander practially grew wild when I lived in California years ago
Reply:I've seen Oleanders in white, pink and a darker pink, which is probably called red. They are tall, full, and used alot in landscaping, especially between traffic lanes in states like California, Arizona, Texas and Nevada. I believe they are poisonous, but fine if no one eats them. They should be easy to find in most garden centers.
Reply:Oh my goodness, I am in south Texas and white oleanders are everywhere........at every nursery....email me if I can be of any help....
Reply:Galveston, Texas is known as the Oleander city.
Reply:A very common flower - The bushes usually line freeways and highways...More of a pest than a beauty





Oleander (Nerium oleander), is an evergreen shrub or small tree in the dogbane family Apocynaceae. It is the only species currently classified in the genus Nerium. Other names include Adelfa, Alheli Extranjero, Baladre, Espirradeira, Flor de Sao Jose, Laurel de jardin, Laurel rosa, Laurier rose, Flourier rose, Olean, Aiwa, Rosa Francesca, Rosa Laurel, and Rose-bay (Inchem 2005); in Chinese it is known as 夹竹桃 (jia zhu tao). The ancient city of Volubilis in North Africa took its name from the old Latin name for the flower.





Oleander shrub, MoroccoIt is native to a broad area from Morocco and Portugal eastward through the Mediterranean region and southern Asia to Yunnan in southern China (Flora Europaea; Flora of China; Huxley et al. 1992; www.inchem.org). It typically occurs around dry stream beds. It grows to 2-6 m tall, with spreading to erect branches. The leaves are in pairs or whorls of three, thick and leathery, dark green, narrow lanceolate, 5-21 cm long and 1-3.5 cm broad, and with an entire margin. The flowers grow in clusters at the end of each branch; they are white, pink or yellow, 2.5-5 cm diameter, with a deeply 5-lobed corolla with a fringe round the central corolla tube. They are often, but not always, sweetly scented. The fruit is a long narrow capsule 5-23 cm long, which splits open at maturity to release numerous downy seeds.





In the past, scented plants were sometimes treated as a distinct species N. odorum, but the character is not constant and it is no longer regarded as a separate taxon.
Reply:anywhere in florida nurseries. and it is a shrub