Scientific Name: Mandevilla splendens
Common Name: shining mandevilla, pink mandevilla
Family Name: Apocynaceae
Origin: South America
Hardiness Zone: Zone 11: (above 4 °C)
Plant Type: Vine - deciduous, Vine or climber
Mature Size: 1.3 - 2.0m x 1.5 - 2.0m (height x width)
Habit: Spreading
Form: Creeping / Mat-like
Texture: Medium - coarse
Landscape Uses: Attract birds, Attract butterflies, Container planting, Summer interest
Exposure: Full sun
Soil or Media: Humus rich, Well-drained
Leaves: Simple, Opposite, Leathery, Pinnate venation, Glabrous, Lustrous, Elliptic, Entire
Flowers: Raceme, Yellow, Pink, Red, Jun-Jul
Fruit: Follicle, Brown, Aug-Sep
Key ID Features:
Twining woody climber; leaves evergreen if kept >4 °C, ovate, glossy 10-20cm long; flowers in clusters of 3-5, rose-pink, funnel-shaped with a yellow throat, up to 10cm wide.