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Aristolochia tomentosa |
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| Common name |
Dutchman's pipe |
| Family |
aristolochiaceae |
| Life cycle |
woody vine |
| Flowers |
cream yellow (spring) |
| Light |
sun-part shade |
| Cultural notes |
ordinary garden soil |
One of the odder plants in our garden. Of course as a Dutchman, I had to grow this (although I haven't managed to grow my breeches yet), even though the "pipes" are mostly hidden behind the big leaves. It's worth a peak every once in a while, though, for the sheer curiousness of flower. For the rest of the year, it's a useful green vine, whose large mid-green leaves have a calming effect on the garden. It's getting too big for the home-made copper trellis we grow it on, and has extended itself into the nearby weeping cherry...
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In our garden, this plant grows in the following area: side garden About my plant portraits
Visitors to this page have left the following comments| Gloria Valdez | Apr 05, 2005 | I recently moved to Tennessee from Colorado. I have tried like mad to find this plant at local nurseries or at a reasonable price online. You would not happen to have any see from Aristolochia macrophylla that I could have for this growing season? I would be ecstatic.
Sorry, I haven't been able to spot any viable seed on my vine so far. I have just one plant, it may require two for setting seed. |
| Shana in Seattle | Aug 16, 2005 | it's really wonderful - i dream of growing one, myself, someday :) |
| Ulf Eliasson | Feb 21, 2006 | The photo represent Aristolochia tomentosa and not A. macrophylla. The flowers of A. tomentosa are downy outside with the throat ring wrinkled. A. macrophylla has hairless flowers with a smooth throat ring.
Thanks! A friend had told me that previously, and I forgot to update the page. I'll go do it right now. |
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