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allamanda - yellow trumpet/bells

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Posted by sammyyummy 11 (My Page) on
Fri, Aug 10, 12 at 3:03

Hi.

A neighbor gifted me with an allamanda plant and have been able to keep it really healthy for almost 8 weeks now. However, it has not been blooming at all.

Set-up:
Allamanda is in a container around 11x11x11 container pot. Zone 11, hot and wet. It receives direct afternoon sun, its on a rack in an area of the house thats sufficiently windy.

Care:
I initially used a bloom fertilizer 15-30-15 npk ratio, once a week, 1/2 the dilution strength to full strength of recent application.

I have sparsely pruned off the "woody" (old, brown, non sprouting) side branches in some allamanda, and the tips on the other allamanda to see any difference in type/site of pruning but still nothing.

How can I improve the blooming of my allamanda plants?

Thanks

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RE: allamanda - yellow trumpet/bells

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Sammy, in Zone 11 your Allamanda will do a lot better planted in the ground. It gets to be a very big bush. It is native to NE Brazil (Z13), where it flowers all year round. Here in Sao Paulo (Z11) it takes a winter rest with the lower temps but is spectacular for the rest of the year.

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I agree with the previous poster. In your climate you should get flowering for long periods once the plant is big enough and established. Planting out would be ideal, somewhere it receives root protection/mulch, but can flower into the sun (over a fence , arch or pergola, or standardised against a wall).

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