1773 E. Ives ii. vii. 377 The ground was quite covered with myrtle and oleander bushes, in full bloom.
1863 B. Taylor 237 Hero, when the corpse of her lover was cast ashore by the waves, buried him under an oleander bush.
1962 13 In the shade of the giant oleander bush sat Brett's half-Persian she-cat.
2013 V. O. Patterson i. 6 Against the pockmarked building, oleander bushes battle to survive.