General Landscape Uses: An exceptional, low-maintenance choice for low-to-medium hedges, foundation plantings, border accents, and mass color plantings.
Ecological Restoration Notes: Not used in ecological restoration. This is a highly cultivated Mediterranean exotic and is strictly an ornamental cultivar.
Description: A tough, compact, multi-stemmed evergreen shrub featuring dense, upright-rounded growth. It displays narrow, leathery, willow-like dark green leaves that remain attractive year-round. All parts of the plant emit a milky, toxic sap when cut.
Dimensions: Height 3 – 5 ft.; Spread 3 – 5 ft.
Growth Rate: Moderate to fast
Native Range: Mediterranean region
Native Habitats: Dry riverbeds, rocky streams, and coastal Mediterranean scrub
Soils: Poor, sandy, gravelly, alkaline, or heavy clay soils
Nutritional Requirements: Low
Salt Water Tolerance: Low
Salt Wind Tolerance: Moderate to height
Drought Tolerance: Height
Light Requirements: Full sun
Flower Color: Pink
Flower Characteristics: Funnel-shaped, single-petaled blossoms clustered heavily at the tips of new growth
Flowering Season: All year
Fruit: Produces long, narrow, pairing seed pods containing numerous silky-tufted seeds
Wildlife and Ecology: Highly deer-resistant and rabbit-resistant due to the plant’s natural toxicity. Flowers attract bees and butterflies, though they produce no nectar. It is a specific host plant for the Oleander Caterpillar (Syntomeida epilais).
Horticultural Notes: Grown from cuttings
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