Pipevine question

[Michael Gochfeld]

While we're on Pipevine.  Does anyone have suggestions on how to propagate it.

Sticking terminals into the ground doesn't seem to work.
I haven't gotten seeds to germinate (with or without refrigeration, freezing or
scarification).

The natural population in NE New Jersey on the Palisades has vines growing up the
hillside (not so much cascading down), that are
over 100 feet long, without any side rooting.

Mike Gochfeld

Anne Kilmer wrote:

> Marty Germain wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > We planted a pipevine plant, which attracted numerous pipevine butterflies
> > this summer and fall.  The caterpillars have long since gone to cocoon and
> > hatched. Can we cut back the pipevine plant, without hurting it, since it
> > spread far further than we anticipated?  We live in the Clearwater, FL area.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Marty
> >
> >
>
> That kind of depends on how far you anticipated that it would spread.
> Pipevines (Aristolochia spp.) need to be quite large, cascading over
> fence or trellis or wrestling with a big tree. If you thought it was
> going to be a cute and biddable little vine, you need to rethink your
> garden design.
> That said, the plant has no objection to reasonable pruning. Here, the
> Polydamas swallowtail eats pipevine greedily, and can defoliate quite a
> large plant. I don't know whether the pipevine swallowtail is as eager
> an eater; perhaps my colleagues can tell us.
> I've been wondering whether there is an overlap between the spreading
> territory of the Polydamas and the pipevine swallowtail's territory; I'd
> reckon that around Central Florida you'd have both kinds of butterfly by
> now.
> By the way, we prefer to call the pupal stage of a butterfly the
> chrysalis; a cocoon is a sleeping bag woven by a moth larva. Just so you
> know.
> Cheers
> Anne Kilmer
> South Florida
>
>
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