The Monrovia teamed up with several talented Digging In container designers this summer to see what they could dream up with two Sunvilla™ Mandevillas. The Sunvilla™ Mandevilla collection is perfect for summer containers, with free-flowing, tropical color, and a well-behaved and lush mounding habit.
Our Monrovia plant hunter team chose these bold climbers because their blooms are slower to fade, adding long-lasting enjoyment and interest to an arbor, trellis, or hanging basket. Clear, bright colors with yellow throats are backed by glossy green foliage. Sunvilla™ are available in Red, White, Pink, and Giant Red, with extra-large blooms. Sunvilla™ are considered perennials in Zones 9-11 and annual in every other area of the country. Their twining stems can reach 15 to 20'. More information on the Sunvilla™ collection can be found here.
The Digging In designers did an amazing job with this challenge, combining the Mandevillas with a variety of annuals and perennials to achieve colorful, lasting, and even patriotic styles. Find 10 of the best container designs below to inspire your own summer containers.
First Place (Tie) Prosper Garden Design and Fresh Look Design
Design by: Claudia Hagen, Prosper Garden Design
Plants: Sunvilla™ Red Mandevilla, purple fountain grass, Victoria Blue Salvia, Gold Lantana, Hot Blooded Lantana, Green Sweet Potato Vine
Design by: Alison Jaeger, Fresh Look Design
Plants used: Sunvilla™ White Mandevilla, Landmark Lantana White, Sanvitalia procumbens ‘Sunny Super Gold, Anagizanthos ‘Joe Joe Yellow’, Helichrysum White Licorice, Euphorbia hybrid
Second Place: Second Nature Designs
Design by: Renee Clermont, Second Nature Designs
Plants: Sunvilla™ Red Mandevilla, blue Lobelia, red phlox, White Nancy Lamium, senecio cineraria "cirrus' dusty miller
Design by: Renee Clermont, Second Nature Designs
Plants: Sunvilla™ White Mandevilla with Callisia repens turtle vine and Echeveria
More Summer Container Ideas from Digging-In Designers
Design by Julie Friedman of Exteriors Outdoor Styling
Plants: Sunvilla™ White Mandevilla, Calibrachoa Pink Star, Hedera helix Duckfoot, Gomphrena Piñata, Zinnia Profusion Cherry Bi-Color, Iresine Blazin' Rose, Lantana Lucky Sunrise Rose, Dahlietta Coby Dahlia
Design by Bridget Schroeder, The Contained Garden
Plants: Sunvilla™ White Mandevilla, Euphorbia white, Coleus lime, Sunpatiens rose, Helichrysum lime green, Calibrachoa rose
Design by: Dana Zitka, Homegrown Container Co
Plants: Sunvilla™ Red Mandevilla, Heliotrope, White Pentas and Euphoria Glitz, Trailing features of Hens and Chicks, Beach Bum Blue Evolvus and Black Sweet Potato Vine
Design by Laurel Nagle, Every Bloomin' Thing
Plants: Sunvilla™ Mandevilla Red, VIBE® Ignition White Salvia, Sallyfun™ Deep Ocean Salvia, Calibrachoa Minifamous™ Uno Double White, Red Sunpatiens, Petunia Easy Wave Red Velour, Lobelia erinus Crystal Palace, Vinca rosea (now called Catharanthus roseus) 3 colors, Titan Red; Cora White; Alyssum White, Nicotiana alata Red, Wax begonia
Design by: Mary Starnes, The Windowbox Gardener and Porch Pots Direct
Plants: Sunvilla™ Red Mandevilla, Hilo Beauty Alocasia, Red Penta, Bandana® Lantana, Burgundy Calibrachoa, Mezzo Purple Angelonia, Sidekick™ Black Sweet potato vine, Burgundy Celosia
Design by: Julie Cruz, Adorn Planters, KC
Plants: Sunvilla™ White Mandevilla, Yellow Purslane, and Aloha Kona White Calibrachoa
