I live in Phoenix Az and I have a paved patio where I have planted (potted) Camellia and Mandevilla vines (Alice du Pont). I it normal for this plants to die back in the winter? My Mandevilla lost all its leaves abd just looked like brown twigs. My patio has enough shade in the summer and pretty mild temps in the winter however we had a few nights of lower 30ish degrees this year. Will these plants normally come back in the spring?
2007-02-11 10:37:04 · 2 answers · asked by edge60626 1 in Home & Garden ➔ Garden & Landscape
I would kiss the mandevilla bye if it got below 32 in Phoenix. It is supposed to be evergreen, so sticky and brown is a sign I am probably right. It is supposed to be an outdoor plant only in (coastal) Southern California, and the bottom half of Florida.
I would not be at all concerned with the Camellia surviving. The cold may have killed or damaged flowers and buds, but the shrub itself will live with no problem.
2007-02-11 13:22:02 · answer #1 · answered by Emmaean 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The mandevilla will probably come back, where i live we take ours in in the winter, or put them in a shed. They do kind of like hydrangeas, die out, become twiggy, and return in the spring, even in the house or shed. I am not sure about the camelia, i have lost every camelia i have ever purchased, but i bought a house in 1995 that has a gorgious camelia with 3 different color blooms on it. its about 30 years old. I have tried every thing in the world to propogate that tree, to no avail. I have purchased some camellia's that were about two feet tall and they didn't make it but 1 or 2 season's. I sorta gave up on trying.
2007-02-11 12:29:38 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋