Plants

Garden (גינה)

Trees, shrubs and flowers growing outdoors in open ground — care, sun, hardiness and watering.

Outdoor care — in brief

Light and location

Open ground — plants get full sun and wind. Consider south exposure/shade and protection from strong wind when planting.

Watering without RO

Outdoor plants are watered with ordinary water, deeply and less often — the soil should dry out between waterings. The RO protocol isn't needed here.

Overwintering and heat

Check each plant's hardiness: what tolerates frost and what needs covering or bringing indoors; in summer — shade and mulch.

Garden plants (1)

Mandevilla (Dipladenia)

Mandevilla (Dipladenia)

Mandevilla sanderi

Vine (flowering)
Kind
Vine (flowering)
Sun
Full sun — bright light, abundant blooming in the sun
Hardiness
Tropical, NOT frost-hardy — bring indoors/cover below +5°C; overwinter at 10-15°C, cut watering sharply
Soil
Loose, free-draining substrate for flowering container plants; good drainage is a must. Not from the indoor mixes.
Watering
Regular
Spot
Balcony/garden, on a trellis (mix of varieties — red, white, pink, yellow)
Water
  1. 1Reverse osmosis (RO) — the base
  2. 2CalMag ATAMI → up to ~60 ppm (≈1 ml/l). Always on RO water
  3. 3FLOWER Flowering (4-3-6) → up to ~700 ppm (≈6 ml/l, full dose)
  4. 4pH Down Green Farmer → pH 5,5–6,0
  • •In summer — every watering. In winter/dormancy — ~350 ppm (≈3 ml/l) or plain water
  • •Indoor plants get a half dose, mandevilla gets a full one — it is a heavy feeder
  • •You can also use ordinary/rain water, but it blooms noticeably better with feeding
  • •Let the soil dry out between waterings — it dislikes swings in moisture
Feeding
  • Every watering
    Base: FLOWER Flowering (4-3-6) up to ~700 ppm — or KF Garden & Balcony (VGI, high in K; root application only, the concentrate is acidic, pH 2.3)
  • Every 2 weeks
    Seaweed, alternate: FLOWER Bio Gel (10-7-9 + 3% seaweed, growth hormones) ↔ KF-10 (VGI, sea algae, for the garden)
  • Once a month
    KF-LEON (VGI, fulvic acid 15%, 10 ml/l) — mineral uptake and soil. In heat/stress — spray
  • As needed
    KF-IRON (iron chelate) for chlorosis · KF-SERFICO when repotting/with new seedlings · KF-MACRO BOOST (potassium + nitrogen) for a growth spurt
  • Winter (Nov–Feb)
    Stop feeding or feed once a month at half strength
Care notes
  • •Prune in early spring — it blooms on new shoots, pruning stimulates flowering
  • •Needs support/trellis — a climbing vine
  • •Bloom feeding every 1-2 weeks in the warm season
  • •Pinch young shoots for bushiness
Risks & warnings
  • Sap is toxic (Apocynaceae) — keep away from children and animals, wear gloves
  • Not frost-hardy — dies in frosts, bring indoors for winter
  • Rots with standing water and a cold, damp winter