Mandevilla Rio Pink

Mandevilla Rio Pink is a compact mandevilla bred for pots, balconies and hanging baskets. It forms a neat, bushy mound with trailing stems, glossy deep-green leaves and bright pink, trumpet-shaped flowers.

It flowers on and off from spring right through to autumn, so you get months of colour from one plant. Let the stems spill over the edge of a pot or basket, or give it a small trellis to scramble up.

Give it full sun to part shade. The more sun it gets, the more it flowers. Water when the top few centimetres of mix feel dry, which can mean most days in a Melbourne heatwave, and water less through winter. Feed through the warmer months to keep the flowers coming.

It doesn't like frost. Over winter, keep it in a sheltered, sunny spot. It may drop some leaves in the cold and pick up again in spring.