It's exciting! In this muggy heat of August, the female Pipevine Swallowtail butterfly has finally visited my little pipevine, Aristolochia fimbriata. There are at least 10 caterpillars in various stages of development.
The first plant was put in the ground in 2006 and it has become one of my favorites. It's a vine but works best as a ground cover trailing across the ground. It has grown to less than two feet long. It produces lots of seeds and has come back each year with more plants slowly covering several square feet. The veining on the leaves is particularly attractive and looks good all Summer long even in the extreme heat.
This Spring at Henry Horton State Park (for the Middle Tennessee Plant Swap)near Lewisburg TN along the Duck River there were lots of wild pipevine in bloom growing up the trees along the river. Saturday, while paddling the Sequatchie River I saw many of these wild pipevines in the trees along that river, also.
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