Hey you guys, sorry for the plane sounds, like 4 planes flew overhead during this video 🙄😒 not my best audio quality, but I tried
anyways, this here is a great member of the Apocynaceae family, the Dipladenia, also known as the Rocktrumpet. It's similar to the Mandevilla, but a little bit more of a shrub in nature.
Dipladenias are native to Mexico, much of Central America, pockets of the northern territories in the Caribbean sea as well as some of the southwestern US. it also occurs naturally in small populations in equatorial regions of South America.
This plant is intended for ornamental use only.
Out of 10, I would give this plant a 3 on the plant difficulty scale, in my own personal opinion.
Dipladenia may be treated as a tender perennial, an annual or an indoor tropical plant in areas with cold winters. In some milder winter seasons, this plant may overwinter via its roots, I recommend mulching in the early fall with well composted soil, at a depth of about 2 inches to protect the root zone, if you wish to overwinter plants in the ground with greater success.
Dipladenia thrives in full sun. It gives its best bloom performance in areas with an average sun exposure of 7+ hours per day.
Dipladenia loves soils with exceptional drainage, and a fibrous structure. Coco choir and Rockwool are other suitable growing mediums.
Dipladenia is most successfully propagated in the active growing season, from semi ripe woody cuttings taken near the base of the plant. I highly recommend choosing pieces with at least 3 nodes.
Dipladenia may be germinated via seed, yet the seeds take FOREVER to geminate and require lots of heat. I recommend boiling water stratification to speed up the process.
I recommend watering with a high phosphorus liquid feed fertilizer when blooms start to occue, to prolongue the blooming season. 10-30-10, 15-30-15 and 10-30-20 are all great fertilizer choices!
I hope you guys are all doing well, stay safe, stay blessed and see you soon:)
15 сен 2024
