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Plants for mediterranean gardens => Climbers => Topic started by: Daisy on July 06, 2012, 09:06:39 AM

Title: Mandevilla laxa
Post by: Daisy on July 06, 2012, 09:06:39 AM

My Mandevilla laxa is flowering at last. ;D ;D ;D
Last year it grew a lot, but no flowers.
I chose this one, because it is deciduous. It is on the arbour near the bathroom window and I thought that an evergreen one would shade the bathroom, in winter too much.
Plants can be contrary though. Last winter it didn't drop it's leaves until February!!! :o :o :o
Daisy :)

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Title: Re: Mandevilla laxa
Post by: David Bracey on July 06, 2012, 08:26:48 PM

We had this growing round a post outside the kitchen.  It was never spectacular but provided summer interest and scented flowers along with Trachelospermum jasminoides. Should we start a new thread for perfumed plants Alisdair?

Title: Re: Scented plants
Post by: Alisdair on July 07, 2012, 10:57:45 AM

David, at Carole's suggestion we started a thread on Scented plants (http://www.mgsforum.org/smf/index.php?topic=779.0) in the Miscellaneous section, some time ago - well worth looking at, you can click straight through by clicking on the words Scented plants in the first line of this message.

Title: Re: Mandevilla laxa
Post by: Michael j Campbell on August 16, 2012, 08:24:20 PM

Dipladenia pink form

Title: Re: Mandevilla laxa
Post by: GillP on August 21, 2012, 08:04:24 PM

Ours flowered more prolifically than ever before this year, not sure if it is  because it is beconing more mature or if it is a response to a particularly hard winter.  Great plant tho, and one which deserves to be better known.