| Scientific Name: | Mandevilla splendens (incl. hybrid cvs.) |
| Common Name: | shining mandevilla, pink mandevilla |
| Family Name: | Apocynaceae |
| Origin: | South America |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 11: (above 4 °C) |
| Plant Type: | 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 6-12(-20)cm long x 4-8cm wide; flowers in clusters of 3-5, rose-pink, funnel-shaped with a yellow throat, up to 10cm wide. | |