Mandevilla, Dipladenia, Shining Mandevilla (Mandevilla splendens)


Lovely shiny leaves..needs to be brought inside during the winter in Zone 5



If you look closely you will see two long seed (5-6") pods starting upright on the stem behind the bud...

Setting seed pods

Seed Pods

Early morning bloom following a light rain.





splendens

Flowers. Rio de Janeiro, early summer.

Beautiful blooms. Very striking plant.

Very profuse bloomer. Covered with blooms now.

This one has small, oval, smooth, shiny leaves. The flowers also vary in color depending on age, lightening as time goes on.

Mandevilla, Dipladenia (Mandevilla splendens) bloom buds ...


mandevilla seed-pod

dry seedpod

dry seedpod and seeds


Pink Mandevilla - growing in Port St. Lucie, FL


This is the real Mandevilla splendens leaf. The large crinkly leaves really are Mandevilla x amoena 'Alice Dupont.'


My Mandevilla growing up a trellis to reach my grapevine wreath made for me by my husband, Summer 2007.




This is the real Mandevilla splendens leaf unlike many posted on here. The large crinkly leaves really are Mandevilla x amoena 'Alice Dupont.'

This is the real Mandevilla splendens leaf unlike many of the others posted here. The large crinkly leaves really are Mandevilla x amoena 'Alice Dupont.'

Leaves are smooth unlike the crinkly leaves of Alice du Pont

6-2009--Barson's Greenhouse, Westland, MI

Flowers vary in size and color depending on age

Beautiful plant, have several on our deck, and this runner wound around one of our bluebird houses.

Barson's Greenhouse, Westland, MI

Barson's Greenhouse, Westland, MI

Barson's Greenhouse, Westland, MI

Barson's Greenhouse, Westland, MI

Picture taken at Botanical Gardens in Pinellas County, Florida.

Happy if it has a trellis to cling too. Zone 9b Winter Springs, FL

Just getting started - late May.

Over wintered this plant in the garage - zone 7a.. It's really grown this summer. Love it!
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Mandevilla, Dipladenia, Shining Mandevilla
Mandevilla splendens
Type: | Tropicals and Tender Perennials, Vines and Climbers |
Height: | 4-6 ft. (1.2-1.8 m) |
Conditions: | Zone 10-11, Sun to Partial Shade |