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White Dipladenia

Mandevilla boliviensis

Also called White Mandevilla

White Dipladenia
Photo: KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0

White Dipladenia is a woody, twining evergreen climber with glossy leaves and large white, yellow-centred flowers from spring to autumn. It needs warmth, full sun and shelter from frost.

Family
Apocynaceae (Dogbane family)
Grows as
Climber, Perennial
Light
Full sun
Water
Water regularly during the growing season, letting the top of the soil dry slightly between waterings, and reduce in winter.
Soil
Well-drained, fertile potting mix or loam.
Temperature
18–30 °C; protect below 10 °C and do not allow freezing.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Costa Rica to Bolivia
Climate
wet tropical

About

Mandevilla boliviensis is a species of flowering plant in the dogbane family Apocynaceae, native to a region ranging from Costa Rica south to Bolivia and Brazil. Common names include white mandevilla and white dipladenia.

A twining woody climber (vine) with glossy oval evergreen perennial leaves, in its natural surroundings Mandevilla boliviensis can grow to 4 m (13 ft) tall, and in more northern places it reaches a height of about 2 m (6.6 ft) and may become deciduous. It has big white flowers with a yellow center which grow in clusters. It flowers from spring until the autumn.

Other Mandevilla plants

Huachuca Mountain Rocktrumpet · Mandevilla equatorialis · Mandevilla jamesonii · Chilean Jasmine · Mandevilla rugellosa · Mandevilla sagittarii · Brazilian Jasmine · Shining Mandevilla · Mandevilla torosa · Rocktrumpets

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Mandevilla boliviensis by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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