Pipevine
Podlaskie - Suprasl - Kopna Gora - Arboretum - Aristolochia macrophylla by Athantor (CC BY-SA 4.0)
10a
-1°C
Height | Spread | |
|---|---|---|
9m | Max | 2m |
2m | Min | 30cm |
7 years to reach maturity
This plant has a strong fragrance
Aristolochia macrophylla is a quick growing vine species from the Aristolochiaceae family. Aside from its decorative qualities, owing to its large leaves and dense growth, it is cultivated in gardens because it is a larval host for the Pipevine Swallowtail Butterfly, Battus philenor. The flowers have a variety of unpleasant scents, mostly mimicking carrion flower.
Generally problem free
Seed pods can be harvested when they are ripe.
Take cuttings in spring when terminal growth is new and root in a glass of water. Change the water regularly to prevent bacterial build-up, transplant the stem to soil when it has a thick clump of roots.
Harvest the seedpods after they have dried on the vine. Sow them indoors in seed flats and transplant outdoors after the soil has warmed to at least 15 degrees Celsius.
Flowers are yellowish-green, with brown-purple lobes.
Attracts the Pipevine Swallowtail Butterfly.
Grown for their foliage and flowers.
