Giant Peach Mandevilla Vine Live Plant – Tropical Flowering, 5-9 Inch Tall

Overview

Introduce breathtaking beauty to your outdoor space with the stunning Giant Peach Mandevilla Vine. This live plant, also known as Brazilian Jasmine, is a vigorous tropical flowering vine celebrated for its spectacular, funnel-shaped blooms and lush, glossy green leaves. Originating from tropical regions, the Mandevilla brings a vibrant, exotic flair to any garden, patio, or balcony. Our 5-9 inch tall plants are ready to establish and grow, providing continuous color throughout the warmer months. Ideal for trellises, arbors, or hanging baskets, this Mandevilla quickly transforms ordinary spaces into extraordinary botanical displays. Its vigorous growth and stunning aesthetics make it a favorite among gardeners seeking a high-impact, easy-to-care-for flowering vine.

Key Benefits

The Giant Peach Mandevilla Vine offers numerous advantages, making it a highly desirable addition to any garden. Its captivating beauty and relatively low maintenance requirements ensure a delightful gardening experience.

• Vibrant, Continuous Blooms: Enjoy a profusion of large, peach-colored, trumpet-shaped flowers that bloom continuously from spring through fall, providing long-lasting visual appeal.
• Tropical Ambiance: Create an exotic, resort-like atmosphere with this beautiful tropical flowering vine, perfect for outdoor living spaces.
• Versatile Growth Habit: Mandevillas can be grown as climbing vines on supports like trellises or fences, or as beautiful spilling plants in hanging baskets and containers.
• Drought Tolerance: Thanks to its unique tuberous root system, the Brazilian jasmine plant is remarkably tolerant of dry periods once established, reducing watering frequency.
• Attracts Pollinators: The bright flowers are a magnet for hummingbirds and butterflies, bringing lively activity to your garden.
• Glossy Foliage: Even without flowers, the dark green, glossy leaves provide an attractive backdrop, maintaining visual interest throughout the growing season.
• Relatively Low Maintenance: With proper initial care, this plant is quite resilient and doesn’t demand constant attention, making Mandevilla plant care straightforward for most gardeners.

Plant Care & Growing Tips

To ensure your Giant Peach Mandevilla Vine thrives and produces an abundance of its stunning peach blossoms, understanding its basic care requirements is essential. This tropical beauty prefers warm conditions and ample sunlight. Provide full sun exposure, ideally at least 6 hours of direct sunlight daily, to encourage the most prolific flowering. While it can tolerate some partial shade, especially in hotter climates, too little light will result in fewer blooms. For indoor cultivation, bright, indirect light near a south-facing window is ideal.

Watering is crucial, especially during warm, dry periods. Mandevillas prefer consistently moist soil but are highly sensitive to overwatering, which can lead to root rot. Allow the top inch or two of soil to dry out between waterings. The plant’s tuberous roots provide some drought tolerance, but regular watering will yield the best results. A well-draining soil mix is paramount; a good quality potting mix amended with perlite or sand works well for container planting. Fertilize every 2-4 weeks during the growing season with a balanced liquid fertilizer to support vigorous growth and flowering. Protect your outdoor vine plant from temperatures below 50°F (10°C), as it is not frost-tolerant. If growing in a colder climate, it can be brought indoors for winter.

Size & Details

This offering is for one Giant Peach Mandevilla Vine live plant, measuring approximately 5-9 inches tall from the base of the plant to the tip of its highest leaf. The plant is shipped without a pot, carefully packaged to ensure its health and vitality upon arrival. Mandevillas are fast-growing vines, capable of reaching lengths of 10-20 feet in a single season under optimal conditions when provided with support. When grown in containers, their size is more manageable, typically reaching 3-6 feet. Expect your plant to begin producing its beautiful peach-colored flowers within its first growing season, generally from late spring through early fall. Its vigorous growth makes it an excellent choice for quickly covering trellises, arbors, or fences, or for creating a stunning focal point in a large patio container.

Frequently Asked Questions

• Q: How big does this Giant Peach Mandevilla Vine get? A: When grown as a climbing vine with support, it can reach lengths of 10-20 feet in a single growing season. In containers, it typically grows 3-6 feet, depending on pruning and pot size.
• Q: Is this an indoor or outdoor plant? A: The Mandevilla is primarily an outdoor tropical plant, thriving in warm climates. However, it can be grown indoors in a bright location or overwintered indoors in colder zones.
• Q: How much sunlight does it need? A: It requires full sun, meaning at least 6 hours of direct sunlight per day, for optimal growth and flowering. In very hot climates, a little afternoon shade can be beneficial.
• Q: Is this plant easy to care for? A: Yes, Mandevilla plant care is considered relatively easy. It’s quite forgiving once established, especially with its drought tolerance, but consistent watering and adequate sunlight are key.
• Q: What condition will it arrive in? A: Your 5-9 inch tropical flowering vine will arrive as a healthy, unpotted live plant, carefully prepared for shipment to ensure its vitality and readiness for planting.
• Q: When is the best time to plant? A: The best time to plant Mandevilla is in spring after all danger of frost has passed, once nighttime temperatures are consistently above 50°F (10°C).
• Q: Will it survive winter in my zone? A: Mandevillas are tropical and are typically hardy in USDA Zones 9-11. In colder zones, they are grown as annuals or brought indoors for winter protection.
• Q: Can this Brazilian jasmine plant be grown in a hanging basket? A: Absolutely! While it’s a climbing vine, its flexible stems also make it an excellent choice for hanging baskets, where it will cascade beautifully over the sides.
• Q: What type of soil does it prefer? A: It thrives in well-draining soil. A good quality potting mix for containers or rich, well-amended garden soil for in-ground planting is recommended.
• Q: Does this plant attract pollinators? A: Yes, the vibrant, trumpet-shaped flowers of the outdoor vine plant are very attractive to hummingbirds and butterflies, enhancing your garden’s biodiversity.