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Mandevilla
suaveolens or Mandevilla laxa |
| I site Mandevilla
suaveolens carefully. It seems to grow
best on an east facing wall. It is heavenly fragrant without getting too
overpowering. This tropical vine very much deserves its place in my garden but it does have some
flaws. It is deciduous and for a long time during which it just looks like dead
twigs. And it is a little tender so I put it up on the side of the house. Each winter my
wife asks me to take it down, and each summer I am glad that I never quite got around to
it. In the late season there are often these cool orange aphids. They never
seem to do much harm. These plants are sold under both names, Mandevilla
laxa and Mandevilla suaveolens.
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