Mandevilla
Mandevilla
A tropical vine with big trumpet flowers in pinks, reds and white from late spring to fall, a favourite for patio pots, trellises and mailboxes, and hummingbirds and butterflies visit. It needs warmth, sun and well-drained soil; frost kills it back, so grow it in a pot to bring indoors or treat it as an annual.
- Mature size
- 8 × 4 ft
- 2.4 × 1.2 m, tall × wide
- Hardiness
- Zones 10a–11b
- USDA
- Sun
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
- Blooms
- May–Oct
Mandevilla at its mature size
A mature Mandevilla grows 3 to 10 feet tall and 3 to 8 feet wide, taller than most people.
Drawn to scale beside a 5 ft 9 in person. With VeraScape, you see it at this size in your own yard.
Typical mature size, unpruned. Sources: NC State Extension, San Marcos Growers, UF/IFAS Extension.
Through the year
What Mandevilla looks like month by month in a typical zone 6–7 garden.
In leaf · Nov–Apr
Glossy dark green oval leaves, few flowers.
In flower · May–Oct
Large open red five-petaled trumpet flowers from bottom to top.
Growing Mandevilla
- Grows well in
- The Northeast, the Southeast, the Midwest, the Plains and Mountain West, the desert Southwest, the Pacific Northwest, and California.
- Growth rate
- Medium
- Good for
- Climber and specimen
- Leaves
- Evergreen
- Native to
- Garden hybrids of tropical American species
Spacing
VeraScape spaces plants so their grown canopies just touch. For Mandevilla, that’s about 4 ft apart, center to center.
Place a row in your own yard and VeraScape spaces them at their mature width, so you can see whether they’ll crowd the walk.
See Mandevilla in your yard before you dig
Visualize it at its true size, alongside the rest of your design.