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Genus: A

Acanthus
bear's breech
Achillea
Yarrow
Acorus
sweet flag
Actinidia
hardy kiwi fruit; bower vine; kolomikta vine; tara vine
Adiantum
northern maidenhair fern
Aegopodium
variegated bishop's weed
Agastache
Giant hyssop
Ajuga
Bugleweed
Akebia
five-leaved akebia
Allium
onion; chives
Amphicarpaea
hog peanut
Amsonia
Arkansas blue-star; blue star; thread-leaf blue star; willow amsonia
Andropogon
big bluestem; turkey-foot
Anemone
Canada anemone
Anthoxanthum
sweet vernal grass
Apios
Indian potato; groundnut
Aquilegia
Columbine
Aralia
sarsparilla
Arctostaphylos
bearberry; kinnikinick
Arenaria
irish moss
Aristolochia
Dutchman's pipe
Armeria
sea pink
Aruncus
Goatsbeard
Arundinaria
canebrake bamboo; large cane; small canebrake bamboo; southern cane; switch cane
Arundo
giant reed; Italian reed; cana brava
Asarum
Wild ginger
Asclepias
butterfly weed; swamp milkweed
Asimina
pawpaw
Asplenium
ebony spleenwort
Aster
aster
Athyrium
Japanese painted fern; lady fern
Atrichum
(moss)

Next: B

Catalog as of April 01, 2008

Aristolochia

(Aristolochiaceae - birthwort family)
About 200 species of shrubs, vines, and herbs, native mostly to the tropics.

durior decid vine • 30' • zones 4-8

Dutchman's pipe


native, sun - part shade
e and cent US

vigorous, handsome, large-leaved vine. Well suited for growing on trellises or other structures, especially where a solid visual screen is desired. A tough, adaptable plant, withstanding full sun and partial shade equally well, and thriving in any sort of well-drained soil. The name comes from the unusual, meerschaum pipe-shaped flowers which appear in late spring. The flowers are small and yellow green in color. Dutchman’' pipe is a host plant for the pipevine swallowtail. The flowers provide nectar for the adult butterflies, and the leaves feed the caterpillars. A member of the same family as wild ginger, the roots of Dutchman's pipe emit a pleasant, spicy scent when bruised or disturbed.

cat # 1F1D
$11.95 each / 3+, $11.50 ea