Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Yellow leaves like this one on an oleander can have various causes. Photo: Getty Images/rosmarie-wirz The oleander is one of the ...

Q. The top of my oleander is turning yellow and dying. Will the plant recover if I prune out the affected branches? A. Removing the dying branches from your oleander will improve its appearance for a ...

Q: I have two oleander hedges getting about six hours of sunlight each day. The leaves are yellowing rapidly and dropping from the plant and getting worse as they get older. My lawn sprinklers water ...

Question: My oleander have been dying. The leaves have yellowed and drooped and then turned brown. What could the problem be? J.D., Santa Ana Answer: The problem with your oleander sounds like ...

Q What makes oleander leaves suddenly turn yellow and drop off? Mine was a beautiful plant until recently. A All plants drop their leaves, but oleanders can do it very dramatically. Usually it’s just ...

A landscape icon in San Diego and throughout Southern California, the ubiquitous oleander (Nerium oleander) is falling victim to an incurable disease. Native to the Mediterranean region, these ...

Q. Some of the leaves on our oleanders are turning yellow and dropping. The plants also are a little spindly. When should they be pruned, and how far can we safely cut them back? -- G.P.B., League ...

Q. Whatever happened to all the oleander bushes that used to grow along the freeways? I used to see them everywhere, but now they’ve disappeared. Oleander used to be a favorite Caltrans plant because ...