shining mandevilla

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 group 12 in late winter or early spring

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

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

Generally trouble free