Aristolochia tomentosa  Dutchman's Pipevine Potted Plants
(a-ris-toh-LOH-kee-uh  toh-men-TOH-suh) 

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Aristolochia tomentosa Dutchman's Pipe Vine Potted plants

Potted plants are available Aristolochia tomentosa Dutchman's Pipe Vine $6 each plus Boxing/Shipping, 

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    Aristolochia tomentosa Dutchman's Pipevine, is a twining, high climbing vine often grown to cover sun porches, verandas, pillars, posts, trellises, arbors, fences or walls and climbing trees.  

Dutchmans Pipevine seedpods, flowers, leaves, and pipevine swallowtail butterfly caterpillar 
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Aristolochia tomentosa Dutchman's Pipe Vine Potted plants are available, $6 each plus Boxing/Shipping,  Please send/email your address and number of plants for the shipping cost.  Additional OR OTHER plants usually increase the shipping only a small amount for most locations.

Aristolochia (a-ris-toh-LOH-kee-uh) - From the Greek Aristo (best) and lochia (delivery), referring to the medicinal qualities of the plant in helping childbirth

tomentosa (toh-men-TOH-suh) - Covered with fine, matted hairs

Aristolochia tomentosa Dutchman's Pipe Vine is a host plant for the Pipe-vine or Blue Swallowtail butterfly lays it's eggs on the leaves, where the larva hatch and feed together on the leaf edge.  The pipe vine flower attracts and traps flies and gnats.  This vine has attractive large heart shaped leaves, interesting flowers and seed pods and is often cultivated for ornament.  Seed pods are up to 3" long and 1.5" wide.  Flowers are 1 to 2 inches long and shaped like a pipe

Family: Aristolochiaceae
Height: 20 to 30 feet
Spread: 5 to 10 feet
Bloom Time: May - June   
Bloom Color: Greenish yellow
Sun: Full sun to part shade
Water: Medium moisture
Maintenance: Low

   Aristolochia tomentosa, Dutchman's Pipe Vine grows well from seed and is easily grown in average, medium wet, well-drained soil in full sun to part shade. Pipevine plants prefers rich, moist soils and is intolerant of dry soils. Aristolochia tomentosa Dutchman's Pipe Vine can be cut back in late winter to control growth.

   Dutchman's pipe is a woody, deciduous, twining vine typically found growing along streams and in moist woods. It is typically seen in the wild climbing trees or shrubs and can rapidly grow to 20-30' tall. Dutchman's Pipe vine has large, heart-shaped, densely-overlapping leaves (4-8" long) which can quickly cover an arbor or trellis with deep green foliage. The common name Dutchman's pipe comes from the unusual, 2" long, yellowish-green, curved-trumpet flowers (each flaring at the calyx mouth to form three brownish-purple lobes) that superficially resemble Dutch smoking pipes. Aristolochia tomentosa Dutchman's Pipe Vine blooms in mid to late spring and grows large, ribbed, tubular seed capsules (to 3" long) which mature to a grayish-brown in September.  Aristolochia is a larval food plant for the pipe vine swallowtail butterfly.

   Aristolochia tomentosa, Dutchman's Pipe Vine does not have any serious insect or disease problems.

   Aristolochia tomentosa, Dutchman's Pipe Vine provides dense cover for sun porches, verandas, pillars, posts, trellises, arbors, fences or walls. Aristolochia tomentosa Dutchman's Pipe Vine has been popularly used for many years to screen front porches and is a good selection for the butterfly garden.

   Aristolochia tomentosa, Dutchman's Pipe Vine grows wild in low woodlands from Florida to East Texas and North to North Carolina, West to Southern Illinois, Missouri and South-eastern Kansas. The map below shows areas where Aristolochia tomentosa Dutchman's Pipevine grows wild but it can be planted and will grow over a wider area than shown.  USDA plant hardiness zones 4 to 8.

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Aristolochia tomentosa Dutchman's Pipe Vine Plant distribution map complements of USDA, NRCS. 2001. The PLANTS Database, Version 3.1
  (http://plants.usda.gov). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA.