"BIGTOM" wrote in message
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I was wondering where I might buy some Mandevilla plants.
They are very spectacular but I haven't much luck in keeping them
alive.

The evergreen sorts are quite tender and although I keep them in an unheated
greenhouse would prefer it a bit warmer, say min +5. There is a species
which becomes deciduous in the uk if cold that is reasonable successful on a
warm wall outside, and that is mandevilla laxa (syn M sauveolans)

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Charlie, gardening in Cornwall.
http://www.roselandhouse.co.uk
Holders of National Plant Collections of Clematis viticella (cvs) and
Lapageria rosea