This plant requires little effort, yet it'll reward you with abundant white, electric pink, deep red, burgundy, yellow, or apricot flowers from spring to first frost. “Mandevilla are easy for ...

By BECKY LIVERMORE, Master Gardener The first annual vines in the ground at our place are sweet peas — Lathyrus odoratur. During a well-organized spring, I start them indoors in pots.