I first laid eyes on the new Sun Parasol® Original XP Bluephoria™ Mandevilla at the Tropical Plant Industy Expo last January. It took my breath away. The colors of the bluish=purple flowering vine in the pot were striking. Recently, I received a Bluephoria from Costa Farms to trial. It’s loving the rain and blooming nicely. I immediately began to think of all the ways I could use this fabulous blue flower in my landscape designs: as the filler and spiller in containers, as a hanging basket, or as a trellised vine. It is not considered winter-hardy in Zones 8 and 9. But the color? This one deserves a blue ribbon!
Photo credit: Sun Parasol.
