When I first moved to Sarasota I was so excited with all the variety of tropical plants I could grow year round I got a little carried away with the lanai plants. The house I was living in had a huge waterfall planter that needed a centerpiece. I picked a pink Mandevilla vine and a heart shaped trellis. Sure it was absolutely beautiful in the beginning but there were many things I didn't think of. The dead blooms falling in the pool all the time and at certain times of the year it would get…