JB said:That is 25 more than I would get to sprout. You are so lucky and they look great. Please keep on sending those pictures. I can only dream of ever doing that. I cut mine back so far since the mealy bug problem that if they survive I will be amazed. Why those mealy bugs are attracted to these plants is a mystery to me. None of the other plants in the GH have any signs of them. 
Insects haven't bothered the Mandevillas here. Mealy bugs haven't shown up in any of my plants, so I guess it may still happen at some point. Grasshoppers don't chew on them. Hoppers and aphids are usually my biggest pests. Now that I have some brugs, I'm seeing mites which are really hard to control under the naturally dry conditions here. I had to cut back one of the Mandevillas hard in order to bring it inside for the winter. It has a lot of new growth coming up from the ground, but the growth above ground did not leaf out. The seedlings are on a smaller type sold here as Dipladenia when it is labeled at all. I grow it in a basket and is now in its 3rd year. I don't cut it back as much and it keeps some leaves with a small amount of new growth during winter storage. I hope with a bit time it starts looking better this summer. It may be wearing out with age now. I'm not sure how I'll do with the seedlings. I tend to forget things like that tending to the other plants. And, also, I don't know what I'm doing :).
