Aristolochia Species, White Veined Hardy Dutchman's Pipe

I have used it as a low ground cover for edging on a pathway and it has been right where I planted it for 15 years. It gets eaten by alie...Read Moren cats a couple of times but comes right back. I do not irrigate and it does fine. On some of our VERY dry years it has a hard time but so does everything.. Like I said, I do not irrigate and my land is onto of a pile of limestone in Central Texas. It is a porous soil. It has survived through 11" annual rain. It grows under live oaks on Bracket soils and leaf litter amended with some compost and Decomposed granite.

This plant is a native to my part of the world so I would like to provide some additional info.

Yes, it is a trailing plan...Read Moret, it will never be found climbing

Yes, it is always found in spots out of direct sunshine. Strong light produces the best silver coloration in the silver splashed form. Strong sunshine washes off the ground color.

The natural ground color is a deep green. This silver marked form is not common in nature but a selection. The amount of silver varies, some forms are mostly silver all over.

It is not a xeriscape plant in the wild, Rather an inhabitant of frost free moist subtropical gllery forests. Like most plants from this part of the world they can be surprisingly hardy.

Yes, it disappears in winter.

The roots are fragile and big and positively dislike transplanting.

Will enjoy extra watering but the foliage gets marked if water stays on it. Therefore, water the base of the plant and not the foliage if possible.

Here we have year round rainfall therefore the seed is better sown in fall and watered from time to time until germination takes place in spring. Better leave the seedlings in pots and plant directly in the garden without breaking the rootball. For this wait until root tips appear through the drainage holes.

Yes, it is a butterfly plant.

A beautiful Aristolochia species with green leaves marbled with white veins! A. fimbriata does not grow to be as long as the A. californi...Read Moreca I'm used to, but because of this, I've found that it works very well as a groundcover. Also, unlike A. californica, A. fimbriata dies back to the ground each winter, so if it looks like it's gone, just wait! It comes up later in spring than most other plants too, so don't forget where you put it and try to plant something else over the top of it (I may have done this :) ). The tassled flowers are very beautiful and unusual, and it produces an abundance of seed. Some seeds have begun to sprout near the parent plant, but it is by no means invasive.

Great plant! Very attractive foliage, although I planted it for the butterfly larva. They ate one year old plants down to the bare stems....Read More No worries! In three weeks, they came back lusher than before in hot and dry Texas weather. I did water twice after the larval decimation. Downloaded pics of the larval 'damage'. Will send pics of the recovery.