Do Dutchman's Pipe Vine flowers smell bad?

14 years ago

If so, I'll plant it away from our deck. I've read that it has been used to shade porches, so I'm wondering how bad the flowers really smell. Anybody have experience with this?

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MissSherry
14 years ago
If you're referring to the North American natives, Aristolochia tomentosa and A. macrophylla, their flowers have no smell at all. The tropical types may have some odor, but our Florida forum members have never mentioned bad smells from their A. giganteas and such, so I doubt they have any bad smell either - maybe some of them will see this and give you an answer.
Sherry
fighting8r
14 years ago
To me the smell is very lemony, but more like lemon pledge than actual lemons. But definitely NOT bad smelling. And seems like you have to get your nose pretty close to the flower to really smell it. And as Sherry said above, it is not, apparently, present in all the pipevines so depends on what you are planting.
And they can make good shade for sure!
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mboston_gw
14 years ago
Hmmm, I do think they smell nasty - more like nicotine. Someone else mentioned they thought it smelled like windex. So, don't know who nose knows! Now, I am talking about the durior or tropical calico type. The tomentosa and frimbrata I have not noticed as much of a smell.
chambleemama
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14 years ago
Thank you all for the help. I'm going to plant it and not worry about any smell!

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