You've found the famous Dave's Garden website! Join this friendly global community that shares tips and ideas for home and gardens, along with seeds and plants!
Check out the DG homepage for a brief overview of what you'll find in this gardening mega-site.
Login
If you don't have an account yet, visit the registration page to sign up.
On May 31, 2004, texaflora from Galveston, TX wrote:
In our Community Garden, where the street end is landscaped, the Dutchman's pipe (variety gigantea) gets more coments than any other plant, when the garden is open for tours. I could have found homes for hundreds of cuttings, if I had had them. It was particularly interesting to school children and teachers.
It WILL climb up anything available, including oaks, and like an exuberant puppy, must be restrained.
According to this photo, this flower looks like Aristolochia gigantea braziliensis...not the standard gigantea. A. grandiflora has more of a yellow background and has a very long tail. Check out [HYPERLINK@www.logees.com]
On Apr 24, 2003, Monocromatico from Rio de Janeiro
(Brazil) (Zone 11) wrote:
Spectacular huge flowers that look like a turkey´s neck, formed only by a showy red calix with white spots and a yellow center. Some say that they don´t smell good, but I never sensed any smell from it
Regional...
This plant has been said to grow in the following regions:
Meriden, Connecticut Mulberry, Florida Keaau, Hawaii Hammond, Louisiana La Place, Louisiana