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Pink Vining Shrub Is A Mandevilla

July 29th, 2009 | By:

Ask the Expert: Please help me identify this flower/shrub

Mandevilla

Mandevilla

I would really love to know what sort of bush this is… if you could, I would be very grateful. Brooke

Plant Expert Reply:
What you have is a vining shrub called mandevilla. It once went by the name Dipladenia splendens but the correct name is Mandevilla x amoena. At my husband’s garden center, we sell a cultivar called Alice du Pont. The plants are hardy in zones 9-11 and live year round. In zone 8 they die back in the winter and came back from the roots in the spring. In all other zones it is treated as an annual.

It loves full sun. Although a little mid-day shade is appreciated. They like plenty of moisture but it must have well-drained soil.



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3 Responses to “Pink Vining Shrub Is A Mandevilla”

  1. Brooke Says:

    Thank You! I appreciate your reply. I think I may have found it after
    endless searching. The mandevilla looks really close and it may even be…
    but Allamanda blanchetii has also caught my attention and I think this
    another possibility.

    Thanks so much!
    Brooke

  2. Kathy Says:

    I just saw this plant in Kauai, Hawaii on a garden fence. I agree that it is Allamanda blanchetii. The Allamandas have really distinct dimples where the petals meet the flute of the flower. A. cathartica, the yellow one, was growing beside it.

    Attached Image: DougsHawaii 313.jpg

  3. Jeff Blakely,ASLA Says:

    This is definitely alamanda spp. ‘cherries jubilee’ a common summer blooming in so. Florida.

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