I cannot seem to find this species of dutchman in my state, Florida. They all seem to have Calico ones. I need the wooly pipevine for the pipevine butterflies.

Karyn, Could your pipevine survive hot/dry Texas? I would love to have some if you think it can survive our climate. I'm emailing you. Peggy

Thought I'd "hop" in here. This is a plant I've been growing from seed for several years. Last year I potted up the plants in the terra cotta plastic bowls--about 15" in diameter, and they did well. I put the pots in a protected place over the winter, and they are back. They have little tubers that look a lot like the asclepias tuberosa tubers. You could probably dig the tubers and store them. I lost my first crop as I let the tubers freeze. Putting them in a bag of peat and storing them over the winter would probably work well if you don't have a garage or greenhouse, and you are in zone 8 or colder. HTH, Sandy

I would like to add a bit of information for those who will be recipients of Mechelle's largess. I experimented with various ages of Aristolochia Fimbriata seeds this summer. Old seed fared the worst regarding germination with only two seeds germinating from old seed. For my experiment with fresh seed (seed gathered this summer), I had one seed germinate fairly quickly and no more for weeks. All of a sudden, this morning (Aug 16), I noticed four new seedlings pushing up. This seed was started July 6th, making 5 weeks before decent germination has begun. So please just keep your germination medium damp and wait. Don't give up on them. These seed apparently take several weeks to begin germinating. I know fallen seed in my patch germinate throughout the summer but I've never tried to time them from the time they fall onto the pine bark mulch until I see tiny plants emerging. The poor little vines have been steadily eaten until only parts of the bare vines are left. Finally, with no PV cats left on them, the vines began putting on new leaves and along comes mama pipevine butterfly and now, the vines are bare again. This last batch of cats also ate the newly germinated seedlings. It will be interesting to see if the vines bounce back next spring. Mary