My Dutchman's Pipe

Hi Everyone!

I 've been outside cleaning the garden when I spotted My Dutchman's Pipevine blooming. I went directly for the camera. This a fascinating plant.  Enjoy!!!!

Dutchman's Pipevine

Native Pipe Vine

Botanical Name: Aristolochia fimbriata

...for hosting iridescent blue and black pipevine swallowtail butterflies.

Flowers: One-inch exotic blooms of yellow and maroon resemble a trumpet shaped clay pipe; hence the common name. Blooms appear on new growths throughout the summer.

Foliage: The three-inch heart shaped green leaves are widely spaced along wiry stems and are marked with silver veins.

Snippets: This is the only plant where the pipe vine swallowtail butterfly will lay its eggs.

Flower display before leaves, late January to April.



If a healthy crop of caterpillars devour the entire above-ground growth, more will return from the tuberous roots to host the next batch of eggs.



I have a wooden screen for the pipe vine to grow on.  It is beautiful in the summer with the beautiful heart-shaped leaves and the little pipes peeking out of the greenery.

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xo

Betty