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Chilean jasmine | Plant Finder | Fill My Garden

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Chilean jasmine

Mandevilla laxa

★ RHS AGMFragrant

Genus: Mandevilla
Family: Apocynaceae

About this plant

M. laxa is a vigorous, woody, twining climber with glossy, evergreen, oval leaves 5-10cm long. In late summer and early autumn it produces sprays of 5 to 15 tubular, strongly fragrant, white or cream flowers 5-9cm across with broad petal lobes

Growing Information

Height

2.5-4 Metres

Spread

1-1.5 Metres

Hardiness

Foliage

Semi Evergreen

Growing Conditions

Sunlight

Full Sun

Soil

Loam

AcidAlkalineNeutral

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This plant is not currently stocked at any garden centres on our platform.

Moisture

Poorly Drained

Aspect

East FacingSouth Facing

Exposure

Sheltered

Care Guide

Cultivation

Grow in a temperate or warm greenhouse or conservatory in loam-based compost in full light but with shade from hot sun. Young plants can be grown in pots to stand outside in summer. Usually evergreen, but will drop leaves if too cold in winter

Pruning

Pruning group 12 in late winter or early spring

Propagation

Propagate by seed sown with heat in spring, or root softwood cuttings in late spring or semi-ripe cuttings in summer, with bottom heat

Pests

Glasshouse red spider mite, glasshouse whitefly and mealybugs may be troublesome

Diseases

Generally trouble free

Garden Uses

Uses

ArchitecturalPatio Container

Planting Places

Conservatory

Season of Interest

SpringSummerAutumnWinter

Size & Characteristics

Height

2.5-4 Metres

Spread

1-1.5 Metres

Habit

Columnar Upright

Time to Full Height

Ten To Twenty Years