Companion plants for Mandevilla
Mandevilla blooms from June through October. It wants full sun and moderate water. The 8 companion pairings below each state why the pairing works.
Blooming before Mandevilla opens
Freesia
Shares full sun and moderate water; blooms in mid spring, before this one opens; both offer pollinator forage, in different months; low at 1.5 ft, to carpet the ground beneath; they only overlap in zone 10.
Rosemary
Shares full sun and low to moderate water; blooms in early spring, before this one opens; both offer pollinator forage, in different months; evergreen, so the bed keeps its shape through winter; they only overlap in zone 10.
Blooming alongside
Pansy
Takes full sun to part sun and moderate water; opens in early spring and overlaps into this one's season; low at 8 in, to carpet the ground beneath.
Stock
Shares full sun and moderate water; opens in mid spring and overlaps into this one's season; lower at 1.5 ft, for the front of the border; echoes the pink.
Lobelia
Takes full sun to part sun and moderate water; low at 8 in, to carpet the ground beneath; both offer pollinator forage.
Gardenia
Takes full sun to part sun and moderate to high water; opens in late spring and overlaps into this one's season; evergreen, so the bed keeps its shape through winter; its white flowers settle the pink; they only overlap in zones 10 to 11.
Moonflower
Shares full sun and moderate water; climbs to 13 ft behind it, height without the footprint; its white flowers settle the pink; they only overlap in zones 10 to 11.
Dill
Shares full sun and moderate water; both offer pollinator forage; lower at 3 ft, for the front of the border; they only overlap in zones 10 to 11.