Mandevilla vines have spectacular pink flowers and grow inches by the day. I brought mine indoors when the nights grew cool expecting the plant to slip into a dormant state. The vine surprised me by growing in every direction at a fast pace. Soon, I needed to find a way to support the long tendrils.
I wanted to keep the appearance of the Mandevilla natural and clean, as minimal as possible. An area near me has quite a few wild grapevines hanging from trees. I found a few branches, about four foot in length, clipped them off and brought them home to fashion into a trellis.
Success! The trellis was easy to achieve. I poked the thicker ends into the soil along the pot sides, about three inches down. The springy tips were flexible, but also upright, and rose high above the plant.
Since the grapevine is loaded with large tendrils I twisted these gently around the uppermost stems and the trellis became self-supporting. I didn’t need to do any tying. How easy was that? The finished trellis does a perfect job supporting the vines as they coil up the stems. Problem Solved!
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Perfect…Can’t get any more natural than this.
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Thanks. It almost created itself with those amazing tendrils.
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I brought mine in for it’s second winter. Not doing quite as well this winter, but I’m still hopeful it will survive 😊
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This is the first winter for this plant. I hope for a big display of flowers when the outdoor growing season begins again.
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Mine did flower the second summer once it was back outside😃
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We have it on the back patio in the summertime, near the house, I hope it continues to thrive. Thanks so much.
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My besties Mandevilla grows at a phenomenal rate but being in the Sub-tropics of Australia who can blame it 🙂
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I was so surprised at how mine grew indoors. I thought it would decline, instead it’s going crazy with new vines.
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