Description
Add a Beautifu floral background to your garden by growing spectacular tropical flowering Cascabela Thevetia (Bitti) plant.
Cascabela thevetia is an evergreen tropical shrub or small tree. Its leaves are willow-like, linear-lanceolate, and glossy green in color. They are covered in waxy coating to reduce water loss (typical of oleanders). Its stem is green turning silver/gray as it ages.
Plant Specifications
| Plant Height | 19 inch (48 cm) |
| Plant Spread | 6 inch (15 cm) |
*above specification are indicative only. actual dimensions may vary by +-10%
| Common Name | Kaner, lucky Nut Yellow, Bitti Yellow, Yellow Oleander, Trumpet Flower, Be Still Tree, Bitti. |
| Maximum Reachable Height | Up to 3 metres. |
| Flower Colour | yellow |
| Bloom Time | April-September |
| Difficulty Level | Easy. |
Planting and care
Yellowing of new leaves indicates over watering.
Cascabela Thevetia care
| Sunlight | |
| Watering | |
| Soil | |
| Temperature | Warm. |
| Fertilizer | |
| Harvest Season | Cascabela thevetia is cultivated as an ornamental plant, and planted as large flowering shrub or small ornamental tree standards in gardens and parks in temperate climates. In frost prone areas it is container plant, in the winter season brought inside a greenhouse or as a house plant. It tolerates most soils and is drought tolerant |
Cascabela Thevetia uses
Ornamental Use:
- Used as an ornamental plant in landscapes, in parks, and along roadsides
Medicinal Use:
- Nerium has various medicinal uses and the leaves and flowers are thought to have actions as tonic, cardio tonic, diaphoretic, diuretic, emetic and expectorant
- Note- Please consult your health advisor before application or consumption of plant or plant parts