yes. I had spotted them here in AZ as well. Fragrance is very light and nice.I have not been able to rebloom Mandevilla this season. So I am not buying until the one I have blooms!!

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Brugie Chariton, IA(Zone 5b) May 28, 2006

DonnaB sent me this one last summer and it is going crazy this year making vines. I'm so anxious to see it bloom again. It's such a pretty bloom.

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Kell San Leandro, CA(Zone 9b) May 29, 2006

I have a few different mandvillas and this is the prettiest bloom but my least favorite because it holds onto its dead bloom forever. I have to hand pick them off.

I will say it is the hardiest one I have. It stayed out all winter and stayed green, didn't lose its leaves. It also bloomed the latest and started up the earliest. I just wish it dropped its dead blooms.

http://davesgarden.com/pf/showimage/87995/

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BamaBelle Headland, AL(Zone 8a) May 29, 2006

Gorgeous!

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KRNYSGIRL Clinton, CT(Zone 6b) May 30, 2006

ooh, beautiful...I'm really excited now because I had a friend get me one of these last week at a nursery in Maryland as NOBODY has them at any nursery around here. I got a gorgeous 2.5ft vine in a one gallon pot for $17. I have planted it out in my new garden on a black iron trellis and I'm salivating to see the blooms. I have grown two others - an Alice DuPont and a Red Velvet that are spectacular here - in HEAVY bloom from July-Oct. I just LOVE mandevilla vines. I also just bought a white one on ebay. Sure hope it is one of these large ones and doesn't turn out to be the smaller ones with the smooth leaves.

I'm on a quest now to get a Pink Parfait. Can't locate that one ANYWHERE either. Its a double pink too but supposedly much darker than this one.

Diane Krny