That plant will take over your whole yard if you let it! I finally dug mine up and tossed it, because I could not control it at all. It thrives on neglect and spreads from seeds like wildfire. If you want something like that and have room for it, this is your plant. That being said, it would probably do well as an annual up here, but I've never seen one growing.

I took cuttings from my daughters neighbor and they rooted easily. I planted them against my privacy fence and they have climbed over it. Beautiful, and I plan to keep them controlled. Mine is pink also, which is difficult to find. Most nurseries only carry the yellow variety.

Cuttings are the way to go and they grow quickly. They are both over 6 ft and were small cuttings a year ago.

Jane

Most nurseries only carry the yellow variety.

That must depend on where you are. I would love to see more of the yellow around here--when I was growing up in Miami that was all you ever saw, but all we ever get in this area is the Cherries Jubilee Allamanda.

We had the yellow on our fence in Miami. I don't remember it being specially hard to control there.

Cherries Jubilee is my type? I guess I can cut out all the dead , after I traumatized it working in my yard. I let it alone to see if it would come back,

I'm in Sarasota. All I can find are the yellow. That is why I took cuttings from my daughters neighbor.

Jane

I had the Cherries Jubilee in Ft Lauderdale too. It wants to be more vine then shrub. I did cut it back hard every spring to keep it more like a shrub. I thought it was a sterile hybrid cause I saw lots of flowers but never noticed any seed pods or seedlings popping up. It's very pretty and definitely worth keeping. Maybe try hard trimming one or two of the viney branches to see if you can induce more branching so it's fuller at the bottom. You can always root the cuttings too ☺️