How to Grow Mandevilla Vines in Your Houston, Texas Garden

If you like plants that flower profusely, you may want to consider planting Mandevilla vines in your Houston, Texas garden. This easy to grow vine blooms in colors that include pink, crimson, white and yellow, and it will brighten your garden from mid summer through early fall. Mandevilla vines can grow to heights of up to 30 feet, and do best when planted in the spring in your Houston, Texas garden. Many varieties have blossoms with a lovely fragrance, and beautiful, glossy leaves. While Mandevilla vines are frost tender, if the Houston, Texas winter is mild and you protect them from frost you may find they will bloom for you year after year. If you think you would enjoy growing Mandevilla vines in your own Houston, Texas garden, try planting some of the varieties below.

Chilean. This Mandevilla vine has beautiful trumpet-shaped white flowers that have a lovely fragrance. Plant it in full to partial sun in your Houston, Texas garden, and enjoy its blooms from summer into fall. This Mandevilla vine can reach heights of up to 20 feet, and will do best in well-drained soil. It will form a small seed pod that looks like a bean once its flowers have passed. Protect Chilean Mandevilla vines if the Houston, Texas temperature drops below freezing.

Dipladenia. One of the smaller Mandevilla vines, this will grow to be about 12 feet high in your Houston, Texas garden. Its beautiful white, trumpet-shaped flowers have yellow throats, and its leaves are a glossy dark green. This vine does best when planted in full to partial sun in your Houston, Texas garden, and unlike many Mandevilla vines it does need a trellis or other support to climb. This is another Mandevilla vine that will need to be protected from freezing temperatures.

Pink Allamanda. The gorgeous light and dark pink flowers of this Mandevilla vine are sure to add a touch of beauty to your Houston, Texas garden. This is one variety that will often bloom all year long. Plant Pink Allamanda Mandevilla in the full sun to partial shade of your Houston, Texas garden, where it can reach heights of up to 30 feet. It does best when planted in the spring, preferably in well-drained soil.

Sun Parasol Crimson. If you love crimson flowers, this Mandevilla vine is the perfect choice for your Houston, Texas garden. The red flowers have yellowish-orange throats, and will bloom from spring through fall in your garden. Plant this vine in full sun to partial shade in your Houston, Texas garden, and expect heights of up to 15 feet. This is a very beautiful flowering vine.

Sun Parasol Pink. This Mandevilla vine has trumpet-shaped flowers of pink with yellow centers, as well as glossy green leaves. Plant this beautiful vine in full sun to partial shade in your Houston, Texas garden, where it will grow to be about 15 feet tall. Sun Parasol Mandevilla vines do best in well-drained soil, and need to be protected from freezing temperatures.

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