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Jan 10, 2013 2:22 PM CST
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Name: Anne
Summerville, SC (Zone 8a)
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I had an awesome surprise early this fall when I discovered both my pink and red Mandevilla splendens had produced seed pods! I had never in my life seen that before. I'm thinking it's due to the extraordinarily warm Winter we had last year which contributed to the buggiest year I've ever seen .. there were flying bugs everywhere.

When I went into the Tropical Greenhouse this afternoon I noticed the pods on the red Mandy were brown and dried so I clipped them off, went inside and grabbed my exacto knife.

Here is an extreme closeup of one of the seeds .. you can see the rest of the pictures in the plant database when they are approved.


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Jan 10, 2013 2:54 PM CST
Name: woofie
NE WA (Zone 5a)
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Nice close-up photo! Thumbs up
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Jan 11, 2013 9:12 AM CST
Name: Joanne
Calgary, AB Canada (Zone 3a)
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Are you going to sow them? That is neat.
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Jan 11, 2013 11:34 AM CST
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Name: Anne
Summerville, SC (Zone 8a)
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Thanks Woofie .. and yes I'm going to sow some of them.
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Jan 15, 2013 5:40 AM CST
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Name: Allison
NJ (Zone 6a)
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can't wait to see how they turn out!!
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Jan 15, 2013 6:36 AM CST
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Name: Anne
Summerville, SC (Zone 8a)
Only dead fish go with the flow!
Plant and/or Seed Trader Birds Cat Lover Greenhouse Tropicals Bulbs
Seed Starter Garden Ideas: Master Level Hibiscus Hybridizer Garden Sages Butterflies
Me either but I have a bad feeling they will be like the Mandevilla laxa which are very easy to start but difficult to keep going after the first year because they are very spindly.
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