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aristolochia fimbriata

9 years ago

Have recently been given seed of this - to say it weirded me out is an understatement.....however, my youngest, who was dawdling about whilst I was googling away, thought it was the coolest thing he had seen all year....and now we HAVE to grow it.....somehow. Do I need tropical heat? Sun? Those dutchmen's pipe thingies have always made me feel a little queasy but, well, horses for courses....

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TexasRanger10
9 years ago
You could start a collection, your son would probably get a kick out these. My favorite is the Pitcher Plant but those white eyeballs on red stems are pretty cool too.

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Kirstin Zone 5a NW Chicago
9 years ago
No tropical heat--I know they are hardy in zone 5, and may be hardier still than that. It's a vine I'd love to grow, and keep hoping to stumble across the opportunity. Lucky you--it's a beautiful vine with it's lovely cordate leaves!
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Roselee, I'd not thought to try growing them in big pots. I'll bet they would be lovely spilling over the edge. Their length seems to be restricted by their genetics so they'd make an ideal small vine for a pot! Jacob, enjoy all the lovely plants you CAN grow that those of us who live further south cannot. Once our summers of heat and humidity kick in, plants that grow so beautifully for you simply give up and die here. Iris, you will love these little vines. They come back each year and are so easy to care for, given their preferred growing conditions. The seed pods look like tiny watermelons clinging to the little vine and it seems to me just about every little bloom sets a seed pod. Click on Roselee's second photo to enlarge it and look closely ... you can see a dried seed pod that has already split open and just to the right in this same photo, you can see a tiny green seed pod. Unlike Wooly, which seems to only bloom once in the spring, these little vines bloom over a long season. I want to say they bloom continuously but not absolutely certain of this. Even if only a few dropped seed germinate, it shouldn't take long for a nice patch to develop. Or consider trying Roselee's method of scattering seed in new spots or in some of your pots to expand your plants. This little vine looks so delicate but it's a tough little plant. These little vines require no pruning as their maximum length is about 3 feet. They also recover nicely following a visit from the voracious little pipevine ST cats. Mary
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Mary Leek
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This particular aristolochia vine is small and quite beautiful with the white markings on the leaves. I grow it and I would guess the longest tendril might reach 36" at maturity. It does not climb or twine about a support, as we expect most vines to do and it doesn't put out side growth. Each vine simply sprawls about the surface of the soil. To cover the surface of your growing area, I would suggest planting several vines together. The blooms are very small but look like the blooms on the larger Aristolochia vines. The little seed pods resemble tiny melons and when they mature, dry and pop open, you can see sections of the seed pod, with each section holding several seed. My little vines come back each year from the tubers and they will self seed if left to themselves. Last year my vines were eaten down to nothing but bare vines by pipevine swallowtail cats (the reason I grow them) but given fertilizer and water and a break from the always hungry cats, they will rebound nicely. In my part of the country, I grow them mostly in shade.

We had terribly cold temps last winter and many of my little vines still came back, with new seedlings sprouting this spring to fill in the gaps left by vines that died.

I think you will be pleasantly surprised with this little vine. ~Mary

A. fimbriata - you can see a small bloom near the top right of this photo

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wantonamara Z8 CenTex
9 years ago
I grow them by my pathway because the blossoms are actually a little shy . I like to lean over and search for them. Thay make me smile. They lived through our big drought just did not make an appearance that year. They are under oaks in part shade but I think they will take full English sun. The seed pods are a bit like baskets and a bit like umbrellas part way open. Mine seed themselves and keep on ticking. I have seen them grown in hanging baskets too. OH, they do not stink.

here is a picture I made with them
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9 years ago
Ho Mara, I am in full-on experimental mode this year and am up for trying anything/everything.....but now I have a better idea of scale and location, these are looking like potential winners, assuming I can get them to grow.

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