Mandevilla laxa

Unlike all other Mandevillas this one tolerates frost. I’ve grown this vigorous climber on an old shearing shed here at Lambley for 17 years. Each summer and autumn a succession of giant jasmine-like flowers, with a delicious fragrance somewhere between a gardenia and a tuberose, are produced. Our plant has clambered up 3 metres and has a spread about the same. Sun or light shade.