How do I make my mandevilla grow onto the trellis ?

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Hello all, 
I would like some advise on how I can train my mandevilla to climb the trellis. I have tried pinching but it still does not climb up- it is producing lots of blooms though!

Please help.
Asha

William · Answer

Pinching the flowers only makes it produce more flowers and bushier. 
Provide a trellis to support its vigorous, twining stems and to show off those glorious mandevilla flowers. Use soft plant ties or florist's wire to hold each mandevilla vine in place. Tie the vines loosely so that you don't restrict growth. You may have to re-tie your plant as it grows.

Whe1955349 · Answer

Stop pinching it and let it begin to trail.  I use twist  ties to help hold runners in place but dont twist too tight.

Mor2666263 · Answer

Find the trailing vine and carefully  twist  it to the  twine and attach the twine to a post 6 foot high it will climb that twine

Asha Ravada · Answer

Thank you very much everyone! - I will share pictures once it begins  to trail :-). Have a great day!

Janet Pizaro · Answer

I use the green velcro type. It is less damaging then some of the wires. Attach to the trellis from the back to train the plant.

Linda St. Laurent · Answer

First, be sure that you actually have a Mandevilla vine and not it's sister plant Dipladenia

Dipladenia is in the Mandevilla family but has a decidedly different growth pattern. Mandevilla vines climb up vertical structures to seek the canopy light. Dipladenia is a bushier plant whose stems grow down and hang.  I have both.  My Mandevilla Vine took off on it's own with the support of a trellis.  My four Dipladenia (which I just discovered this Spring) are lush, bushy and although having long tendrils, they do not grab on to any support, but make beautiful hanging baskets.  Hope this helps!

Kwj6385987 · Answer

It looks like it is a bush, not a vine.  I don't see the trailing vine.  Have to make sure you have bought the 'vine' plant.

Asha Ravada · Answer

Ohh- I had no clue  that there were two kinds-  I will check my info card that comes with the plant( if I still have it  :-(   ) . Such a bummer - Anyways , Thank you sooooo much Linda and Kwjehn!
Asha

Bab6733843 · Answer

Weave the ends could use some twisty ties til grows

Barbara C · Answer

Don't pinch off this plant. You might be pinching off runners for the vine.

Bernadette Staal · Answer

tie it up with pieces of old panty hose (stockings) or strips of an old T Shirt, once it becomes established it should gradually start to weave it self around its self or the trellis - some plants just need a helping hand.  Let the plant grow long stems and then with your help it will do its magic.

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Mike Greenberg · Answer

Does it make a difference if I put the trellis in front of or in back of the mandevilla plant?

Gra33539227 · Answer

How long will it grow?

Connie Fulbright · Answer

Hello. I just bought a pretty bushy mandevilla which I've planted in the ground and placed a trellis behind the plant. It has about 10 long trailing vines and I've tried to wind them around the trellis. Can I prune the middle of the plant in order to make it look more like a climber and not so bushy in the middle? Thank you!

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