SCIENTIFIC NAME: Mandevilla X amabilis 'Alice du Pont'

COMMON NAME: Mandevilla

FAMILY: Apocynaceae

TYPE: annual in zone 7 (killed at first frost)

LEAVES: milky sap; ovate-oblong; acuminate

FLOWER: large, showy; corolla funnelform; opening pale bluish-pink changing to deep rose; lobes rounded

SEASON OF BLOOM: summer - tropical plant after danger of frost

GROWTH HABIT: climbing, vining

SOIL: well-drained, fertile

SUN: full

HARDINESS: zones 9

UTILIZATION: arbors; trellis; any climbing structure

DISEASES: none serious

INSECTS AND RELATED PESTS: mealy bugs, aphids, whiteflies

PROPAGATION: cuttings

MAINTENANCE: minimal, except pruning