Mandevilla x amabilis

What’s Up With Mandevilla?

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Once upon a time, plant merchandisers offered only one mandevilla variety, ‘Alice Dupont’, known to botanist friends as Mandevilla x amabilis ‘Alice Dupont’. Cultivated and studied for 30 years at Longwood Gardens, home of its wealthy namesake, ‘Alice Dupont’ was officially named and introduced to the world in 1960. The original Alice and her husband, … Read more

Mandevillas in the Sun

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It is hot and sticky and many of my plants, in-ground and in containers, are sulking.  They sulk even though I water them and feed them.  It is like having teenagers with foliage.  As with teenagers, there is really nothing to be done except to continue the good work, and hope that all that loving … Read more