Re: Dutchman's Pipe

What a fun plant !  Will look for seeds on that one.  Has anyone grown ( I
can't find it in my seed catalogs) a plant that looks like it has chicken eggs
hanging it off it?  I honestly don't know if its an annual or perennial.

Also, any answer to whether sweet peas (sorry, an annual) cross pollinate with
sugar snap peas?  I only got sugar snaps this year from my sweet pea flower's
seeds.

Barb
Seattle

Mclainakag@aol.com wrote:

> Hey all you gardening friends out there - if you are looking for a "funking"
> blooming vine for your garden I think I know of one....my Aristolochia
> gigantea (giant dutchman's pipe) is now blooming....one of the strangest
> flowers I've seen.
>
> There are these pouches hanging from the vine that are sorta limy green with
> purple splotches that truely look like a Sherlock Holmes style pipe....then
> they open up into these very strange whitish/green w/purple veining flat
> flowers (I use the word flower loosely in this case) like I've never seen.
> It is very strange but I think that it is a keeper----people will surely ask
> you about this one.
>
> Happy Gardening to all
>
> Kemberly McLain
> Katy, Texas  Zone 9
>
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