Tropicals & Tender Perennials: Is this mandevilla?, 0 by BettyFB

BettyFB wrote:
chrissy,

That is exciting that you get all those plants they toss out. That would be fun to revive them back to beauty. That is a great idea about the bamboo poles and I am going to try that next year. Ask your daughter-in -law what she thinks may have happened to my Red Mandevilla vine. It started dropping yellow leaves from the start and it was planted in the ground. I did not notice Whiteflies on it until it had dropped a lot of yellow leaves and then I sprayed Insecticidal Soap and got rid of the Whiteflies but it was still dropping leaves and I finally tossed it. The lady at the garden center said the red ones do not like as much water as the pink ones and that I may have over-watered it.

Also do you grow the newer Supertunia Vista Bubblegum Petunia in Australia? I just love it and it spreads like crazy. It is one of the Proven Winners varieties and I have lost 3 in the ground so far this year and lost about 3 in the ground last year. The ones in pots are doing fine. I emailed Proven Winners and they can only say I may have over-watered. One day they looked great and the next day they looked like they had not been watered for over a week and that is not the case---I water all plants in the ground every other day. I will post a picture of the Pink Bubblegum that is doing fine in the planter and this is only 2 plants---they really spread and this one has already been trimmed twice to keep it off the lawn.