Mandevilla Plant: Growing And Caring Tips

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Mandevilla Plant: Growing And Caring Tips

Mandevilla Plant

The most beautiful tropical flower Mandevilla plants are also known as rock trumpet.  Possessing the fragrant trumpet-shaped flowers, Mandeville flowers are easy to grow and can be planted in gardens enhancing the beauty of your house. It is found in more than 100 species and blooms in a trumpet-like flower making it an iconic plant to grow in your garden.

Are you a flower enthusiast and looking to plant a Mandevilla Plant in your garden?

Well, you have landed at the right place. We will guide you with proper care and growing tips for the unique Mandevilla Plant flower. Let’s get into it.

Mandevilla Plants: An Overview

Common NameMandevilla, rocktrumpet
Botanical NameMandevilla spp.
FamilyApocynaceae
Plant TypeVine
Mature Size3–10 ft. tall, 3–4 ft. wide
Sun ExposureFull, partial
Soil TypeMoist but well-drained
Soil pHNeutral, acidic
Bloom TimeSummer, fall
Flower ColorPink, red, white
Hardiness Zones10–11 (USDA)
Native AreaNorth America, Central America, South America

How to Grow and Care For Mandvilla Plants

When it comes to planting Mandfvilla Plant in your garden, understanding its basic requirements is very crucial. Here are the basic needs of a Dipladenia Plant, to grow:-

  • Light: Mandvilla plants require at least 6 to 8 hours of full sunlight to grow and give more flowers to the plant. It can be grown in partial shade areas like your garden, and balconies or in a container kept in the balcony.  However, it can thrive in warm regions and afternoon sunlight is good for it.  
  • Soil: This iconic Mandeville vine requires sandy and wet, soil.  It can grow well in the high-quality potting mix of peat moss, sand, and leaf mold. Slightly acidic to neutral soil pH is best for the growing of Mandevilla Flower. However, it can bear a little bit of alkaline soil.
  • Water: Mandevilla plants need continuous watering while can withstand in some dry conditions. It requires consistent moisture in the soil but not too much wet. Pour water slowly into it to let it soak well and spray the foliage as well to drain pests if any increasing the moisture around it.
  • Temperature and Humidity: These tropical plants require high temperatures and high humidity.  The temperatures may vary from 60° Fahrenheit to 70° Fahrenheit during the day and less than 50° Fahrenheit during the night.  It can bear slightly higher temperatures but frost is not good for them because they are susceptible to cold.  In winter or cold climates Mandevilla Flowers can not grow well.

How to Grow Mandvilla Plants

Follow the simple steps here to grow your Mandevilla Plants better:-

  • First, take a 4- to 6-inch cutting of Mandvilla plants from a healthy, well-grown “mother” plant that has bloomed for at least a season.
  • Now dip the cuttings at the planting place.
  • After that, plant the cut end of the cutting in a pot filled with moist potting soil and press the soil up firmly around the stem to make a stand them.
  • Now keep the pot where ample of sunlight is available and the temperature varies from  70 and 75 degrees Fahrenheit. 
  • Once done, make sure that the soil is moist. The cuttings of Mandeviolla Plants should take root within a month.

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