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Photo taken in April in Butterfly Haven at Victoria Educational Gardens

Aristolochia elegans

Common Name: Dutchman's Pipe

Plant Type: Deciduous

Hardiness Zone: 8, 9, 10

Height: 1'-15' Width 5' -10'

Bloom  Time: Spring, Summer

Light: Sun, Part sun

Soil: Well drained, moist

Comments: Exotic flower, Pipevine Swallowtail Butterfly larval host, Tops die down iin winter and return in spring.  Rapid grower once established.