Mandevilla

Mandevilla Plant Care: [HOW TO] Grow Colorful, Mandevilla Vines
There are many varieties of the tropical vining flowers we call the Mandevilla plant, and all are gorgeous and showy.

The Mandevilla vine (rocktrumpet plant) has become a popular spring garden center item over the past few years.

These vigorous plants make an excellent spring and summertime addition to any landscape, patio or trellis vines and overwinter nicely indoors during the cold winter months.
Profile of The Mandevilla Plant
The Mandevilla plant is a member of the dogbane family. All parts of this plant are toxic, so take special care to keep pets and kids away. This evergreen plant tends to vine, but it may also grow as a bushy heap or trail along the ground if it doesn’t have a

All parts of this plant are toxic, so take special care to keep pets and kids away. This evergreen plant tends to vine, but it may also grow as a bushy heap or trail along the ground if it doesn’t have a

This evergreen plant tends to vine, but you may also grow Mandevilla bushes in a heap or trail along the ground if it doesn’t have a trellis like this or other structure to climb.

The plant hails from South America and Central America and is not cold hardy in the United States, but it does exceptionally well during the warm months. It is fast growing flowering vines, vigorous and can attain a significant amount of growth and produce a lot of flowers in a few short months.

It is fast growing, vigorous and can attain a significant amount of growth and produce a lot of flowers in a few short months.

This decorative plant produces shiny, deep green, oval leaves and large, trumpet-shaped flowers continuously and in abundance from May through October in most parts of the US, when well-cared-for.

The plant’s botanical names are Mandevilla sanderi and Dipladenia sanderi both of the genus, Mandevilla. There

There are over 120 member of this genus all producing gorgeous flowers in an array of shades of white, pink and mandevilla red.

It should be noted there are some vines which produce yellow flowers and are called yellow Mandevilla, but these are actually Urichetes or Pentilinon luteum.

As potted plants or container plants, Mandevilla and Dipladenia make an excellent addition to the home, balcony, deck or patio. Planting directly in the ground (except in the south) is not recommended in the US. These plants are not at all cold hardy and cannot tolerate temperatures lower than about 45 degrees Fahrenheit for an extended period.

Planting directly in the ground (except in the south) is not recommended in the US. These plants are not at all cold hardy and cannot tolerate temperatures lower than about 45 degrees Fahrenheit for an extended period.

If planted in the landscape, they can be dug up, pruned and over-wintered indoors, or cuttings can be taken to propagate young plants during the winter months to take the place of the parent plants in the spring.