| General Description | Nerium oleander 'Variegatum' is a tropical plant with variegated lanceolate leaves and deep pink, double flowers in terminal cymes. |
| Landscape | Use for screening, informal hedging or borders. |
| Propagation | By semi-ripe cuttings of terminal shoots or by stem sections in summer, after flowering. |
| Cultivation | Grow in full sun, in well-drained, fertile, loam-based medium with added leafmould. |
| Pests | Possible pests when grown under glass include: mealybugs, aphids, scale insects and red spider mites. Possible diseases include: bacterial gall and leaf spot, affected parts should be removed and burned. |
| Habitat | Horticultural origin. |
| Leaf Description | Opposite, lanceolate, acute sharp, variegated dark green and yellow with a prominent midrib, on short leafstalk, usually in whorls of 3 or paired. |
| Flower Description | Showy, double, petals bright pink and funnelform, 5 sepals, anthers plumose, in terminal, compound cyme containing up to 80 flowers. |
| Fruit Description | Follicles: dry, derived from a single carpel, opening on one side only to release its seeds. |
