Plant Dipladenia as a hanging basket

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Regardless of the form in which you cultivate the unfortunately poisonous Dipladenia, also called Mandevilla, give it a warm and bright place that is also protected as well as possible from wind and rain. However, she doesn't like direct sunlight at noon. The Mandevilla is not frost hardy and is also difficult to overwinter. Temperatures below about 8 ° C can certainly damage it.

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But the Dipladenia is quite easy to pass through Offshoot multiply. Cut some Shoots in autumn, then you have young plants in spring and can cope with the eventual loss of the old plant. Wintering can be done in a bright and well-tempered Winter quarters however succeed.

How to look after your Dipladenia in the hanging basket

The Dipladenia is considered to be relatively undemanding and easy to care for. It can survive a few days without being watered. So a weekend trip is no problem for your owner. Water your Dipladenia about once a week, and then not too abundantly but rather sparingly. Give the plant a little about once a month

fertilizer. You can simply mix this into the irrigation water as a liquid fertilizer.

The essentials in brief:

  • good for that Hanging basket(€ 11.99 at Amazon *) suitable
  • Choose a bright, warm location without direct midday sun
  • poisonous
  • relatively undemanding and easy to care for
  • not frost hardy
  • not easy to overwinter
  • easily survives a few days without water

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You can safely convert the Dipladenia into a Hanging basket plants. Its funnel-shaped flowers come into their own there.