Yellow oleander seeds are deadly poisonous

Yellow oleander seeds are deadly poisonous

Beware: even one seed pod can kill a person!

All parts of the bell tree are highly poisonous. They contain the heart-active glycosides thevetin and neriifolin, which ensure that the heartbeat initially slows down and then stops completely. Even a single seed pod is potentially fatal to a human! But leaves, shoots and the milky sap that emerges when the bush is cut, for example, are also highly toxic. Everyone who wants to cultivate this exotic plant with the pretty flowers should be aware of this - keeping Thevetia peruviana is therefore not recommended, especially in households with children.

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Growing yellow oleander from seeds

If you are not deterred by the strong toxicity of the plant and want to enjoy the extremely pretty flowers, you can grow the yellow oleander yourself from seeds. These are easily available on the Internet, but also in some well-stocked garden centers. Be very careful when handling the highly toxic seeds and make sure you only touch them with gloves to avoid accidental poisoning!

And this is how you grow young plants from the seeds you have received:

  • Often you will not receive pure seeds, but fruit capsules.
  • Get the seeds out of the fruit capsules, but only with gloves!
  • Clean the seeds thoroughly with lukewarm water.
  • Now soak them for about 48 hours, also in lukewarm water.
  • Now fill pots or bowls with potting soil.
  • Plant the seeds about one to two centimeters deep into the substrate.
  • Keep the substrate evenly moist.
  • Make sure there is high humidity (e.g. in the greenhouse)
  • as well as for a consistently high temperature of around 25 ° C.
  • Germination takes place after a few weeks.

Tips

If you are enthusiastic about the real oleander, you will perhaps also enjoy the varieties with yellow flowers. In the case of Nerium oleander, the varieties “Isle of Capri”, “Marie Gambetta”, “Souvenier des Iles Canaries” and “Luteum Plenum” are very popular.