I've had this vine for several years now planted on a trellis between my fence and the east facing wall of my house. I've yet to see it ...Read Morebloom, but the vine seems very happy in it's location, getting the bright morning sun and then shade in the afternoon. My favorite thing about this vine is that it is visited by pipevine swallowtail butterflies, which are fairly rare in my area, it seems to take them awhile to find the vine, but when they do they quick eat all the leaves they can find. This is probably why I have never seen it flower, but since I planted it for the butterflies, it's alright with me.
Where I grew up all of the American Foursquare houses had a Dutchman's Pipe on the trellis that was usually contained by a sidewalk or ne...Read Morext to a driveway. I love the plant and planted it on the side of my porch in a north west side of my house. I regret this. It has very strong runners and they are very invasive-I still love the heart shaped leaves but they are out of scale for my cottage house. I have been digging it out and would not reccommend it UNLESS you plant it somewhere where it can't run under the ground-like a sidewalk or driveway. It grows very quickly and covers a trellis quickly and keeps growing and growing. I looked an looked for this palnt as I remember it from when I was young but be careful where you put it - it definately is not for a smaller garden/house.
I threw some seeds in a pot midsummer and now my little gaping babies have grown to about 1' with lots of base shoots coming up. Does an...Read Moreyone happen to know anything about vegetative propagation for aristolochia ringens? I own a nursery and would love to make more plants to share with customers.
I have seeds of this plant coming and I will be sure to let everyone know how well it does. I am in a zone 4B-5 so this will be an indoor...Read More plant for me.
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I've had this vine for several years now planted on a trellis between my fence and the east facing wall of my house. I've yet to see it ...Read More
Where I grew up all of the American Foursquare houses had a Dutchman's Pipe on the trellis that was usually contained by a sidewalk or ne...Read More
I threw some seeds in a pot midsummer and now my little gaping babies have grown to about 1' with lots of base shoots coming up. Does an...Read More
I have seeds of this plant coming and I will be sure to let everyone know how well it does. I am in a zone 4B-5 so this will be an indoor...Read More