Pink Vining Shrub Is A Mandevilla
July 29th, 2009 | By: Jamie Jamison AdamsAsk the Expert: Please help me identify this flower/shrub 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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July 29th, 2009 at 1:13 pm
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
February 15th, 2011 at 12:31 pm
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.
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July 18th, 2011 at 12:29 pm
This is definitely alamanda spp. ‘cherries jubilee’ a common summer blooming in so. Florida.