Take 4 to 6-inch tip cuttings. The cuttings should not be "busy" with leaves. There should also be no flowers or flower buds on the cutting.
Strip the lower (cut end) half to 2/3 of the cutting's leaves off.
Cut the remaining leaves to half length. This helps encourage root formation in the next step.
Get a small clear glass jar and add an inch or two of water to the bottom. Place the cut end of the cuttings in the water, and keep in a shady spot indoors.
Add small amounts of water to the jar as needed to replace water lost to evaporation. Just try to keep the water level about the same.
In 2 - 3 weeks, rooting should occur. Early signs of rooting include the formation of a couple small bumps or bulges on the stem, just below the lowest set of leaf nodes. Once these bumps occur, rooting will occur shortly after.
Once the roots reach about 1/2 to 1 inch long (this will happen very quickly once roots have started forming), plant it in a pot filled with potting mix, at about the same depth as the water line was on the cutting.
Give it water right away, and keep watered, but make sure it drains well.
In about a year, it will be big enough to be repotted into a gallon-size pot.
Continue with repotting as needed, or if you live in USDA Planting Zone 9 - 11, plant in the ground. If you live north of zone 9, keep your oleander in a pot indoors in the winter, as winter temperatures in those climates will kill it.
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