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Aristolochia fimbriata |
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| Common name |
white-veined pipevine |
| Family |
aristolochiaceae |
| Life cycle |
perennial (Z7-9)  |
| Flowers |
cream/brown |
| Size |
vine to 2', 6" tall |
| Light |
part shade |
| Cultural notes |
ordinary garden soil |
From seed  |
self-seeds occasionally in our garden
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More of a rambling groundcover than a vine, but still a useful food source for pipevine swallowtail butterflies. Inch-long intricately shaped flowers are held among the heart-shaped silver-veined leaves. I didn't notice those in the first few years this has lived in our garden, but I knew they must have appeared because I'd spotted several seedlings volunteering in the general vicinity of the original plant. Finally, after four years, I spotted one of those alien-themed flowers and snapped the photo shown above. Native to South America.
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| | Original plant, just purchased |
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| | Volunteer in April |
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| | Success! A pipevine swallowtail caterpillar in late September |
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| | And the following May, a mama butterfly depositing eggs |
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| | Not much of a climber, but here seen rambling up into neighboring plants |
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| | Flower in an earlier stage of development |
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| | I like the variation in variegation |
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| | Seed pods in early May |
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In our garden, this plant grows in the following areas: waterfall pondside, rock garden zone, right-fence nursery area About my plant portraits
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