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Vines (flowering)
Mandevilla (Dipladenia)
Mandevilla sanderi
Lighting
Range, lux8000–50000
Optimal, lux20000
Photoperiod, h12-14
Direct sun✓
Humidity
Medium-high
Tolerates the outdoors; in heat, mist in the shade
Watering
FrequencyRegular
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
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