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Dutchman’s Pipe Vine

~Dutchman’s Pipe

Aristolochia macrophylla

Great Butterfly Plant That Gives Shade and Hides Eyesores

Beautiful foliage, unusual flowers, freedom from pests and ease of growth.  The flowers make a great conversation piece, it has such luxuriously dense attractive foliage and makes a great screen.   It is especially good at covering chain link and other wire; it’s also nice growing up a trellis on the patio or near an entry where the striking flowers can be seen at eye level.  This rugged robust vine also does well in containers.

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