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needrain said:The Mandevilla I've had for a couple of years has set a seed pod. Anyone have any experience to share? I was evaluating how much to cut back for the winter when I saw it.

I saw the smaller one I grow in a nursery and it was being sold as Dipladenia. The nursery also was selling the larger variety I have and it was labeled Mandevilla. I was thinking that, though I think taxonomically both are now considered Mandevillas. Anyway, I kept the 'Dipladenia' inside all winter and watched that pod. I moved it out in the early warm weather and kept watch. I still nearly missed it splitting, so about 1/3 of the seeds escaped from one of the forks. I didn't expect them be like Dandelion seeds and be able to fly . I cut the pod and laid out and waited. In a day or two both forks split and those little stinkers covered a relatively large area with seeds. You couldn't breathe in their direction without them trying to fly away. Prox 3 weeks ago I planted all the little things and with one yesterday and one today, there are now two that have sprouted . Hope for survival is not very good. I'll probably forget them too long and kill them at this time of year, but it's interesting they germinated. If the % of germination is high, there are going to be a lot of little plants in a small, shallow container. Lots of little seeds in those skinny pods.