Growing medium for Oleanders ?

Hi,
This is my first post, hope some kind person can advise me. I've just bought oleanders by mail order, they are very healthy looking plants. I'd like to grow thm on in containers, but I'm unsure what to use as a growing medium. Help !

 

Oleanders in nature grow in a very wide variety of soils, from very dry to quite wet so the medium isn't really critical.
We grew two oleanders from cuttings taken in Greece and grew them quite successfully in medium sized pots for about 5 years. I used John Innes No3 compost.
Growing them up here in Scotland is a bit chancy and ours never managed to get into full bloom though we did get small flowers. We ended up planting one on a bed and it survived through two winters and we lost the other one which was wintering in a polytunnel during the 2010 winter when we'd very severe frost.
Hope this helps!
Welcome to GC!!

 

Nothing really to add to Dave's advice except if they are small may be a JI No2 (less gritty) for their first pot.They should grow fairly rapidly, providing we have some more warm weather. I presume you are aware of their toxicity.

 

Thank you both for your help, and yes, I am aware of their toxicity, but I didn't know of it when I ordered them. Have to keep an eye on the grandchildren !