Can finally reply to the original question :) Just brought our Mandevilla plants out from the crawlspace. 2 of them were the ones Lynnencfan mentioned above (3 years ago- wow!), and the 3rd one was from a tip cutting I took in Nov, 2008 before we stored them for the winter. The cutting in question was from new green growth, and about 8" long. I rooted it in water for about 2 months, then potted it up (4" pot) and kept it in a South window during the winter. Last spring, it got repotted into a 10" pot with a 3' tomato cage for support. The vine itself probably grew about 10 total feet, but I kept it wrapped around the cage. Did not flower last year. I didn't cut that one back but put pot and cage under the house for storage. Just brought it back out this morning, and there's an abundance of nodes just waiting to pop out with new growth! So yes, they can be propagated from cuttings. Hopefully, we'll get some blooms this year. I'll report back in this thread again on the plants' status this summer. In the meantime, we also had 2 viable seedpods from the older Mandevilla last fall,and I'm getting ready to pull the seeds and sew them today. Will also report back on their status later in the season.

First, do you mean hibiscus?? Mandavillas are usually vines. If it's a tropical hibiscus, here's a site that has lots of great info for you. Now that I think about it, mandavillas are about as tender as tropical hibiscus and I know people have overwintered both in garages. Good luck! Barb Here is a link that might be useful: Queen of the Tropics

No, I don't have pictures - sorry! My cell phone does have a camera, but we don't have the cord to link it to the computer - I'll check and see how much it costs to send a picture to your cell phone. The begonias I have are very tall - 2 feet or so - and have pretty light pink blooms once or twice a year. Nothing special, though. I know some of them have names and everything. . . Lanna

The bottom part that is kind of brown roots well in water. I havn't had any luck with the green part. Good Luck Patsey