Will Mandevilla Come Back?

It can go outside again next spring. Or you can let it go dormant in a cooler garage or basement. Move your potted vine into an area that stays above 50 degrees. ... Mandevilla flowers on new growth, so if you give it an early spring dose of fertilizer once it starts growing again, it will flower earlier for you next year.

Do mandevilla come back every year?

Growing Mandevilla Year-Round

The mandevilla plant is often thought of as an annual but, in fact, it is very frost tender perennial. Once temperatures go below 50 degrees F. (10 C.), you can bring your mandevilla plant indoors for the winter. ... You may want to cut back the plant by up to one-third.

How do you keep mandevilla over the winter?

If you don't want to bring your Mandevilla indoors during the winter, simply protect it enough to allow it to go dormant. To do this, allow the plant to stay outdoors until it is quite cool outside, prune it back to about a foot high and move it into your basement or garage.

James H. Sterling

James H. Sterling

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