How and When to Plant Mandevilla You can plant mandevilla in pots or in landscape beds. It likes well-draining soil, so if you have heavy clay soil in your yard, plant in containers instead.

If you live in a cooler climate, mandevilla is best treated as an annual that you plant in containers (and can possibly move into a greenhouse or indoors during the winter).

For best success, try growing it in a large container. Dipladenia begins to flower in the Valley around April or when the nighttime temperatures reach 50 degrees.

Prevent lawn weeds before they sprout with preemergence herbicide: Dan Gill's garden advice And, bring mandevilla pots inside during freezes.

Answer: Mandevilla vines are not reliably hardy on the north shore. In some winters, it even gets cold enough in New Orleans to kill them. But if you plant a vine in April after the freeze danger ...

Prevent lawn weeds before they sprout with preemergence herbicide: Dan Gill's garden advice And, bring mandevilla pots inside during freezes.

Fielding Questions: Hoya troubles, overwintering mandevilla, potato storage In this week's Fielding Questions, Don Kinzler offers tips for treating an ailing hoya plant, wintering mandevilla and more.