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Old 15-08-2008, 10:13 AM posted to uk.rec.gardening
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On 14/8/08 23:21, in article , "Tony
D" wrote:

Am I correct that there are several varieties of these plants

Which one's can be grown in the garden and left out all year

And are they an easy plant to find in garden centers or are they a more
specialist plant

I live in the Midlands

Many thanks

I've never gardened in the Midlands though David Poole has and I hope he'll
see your question. However, Aristolochia gigantea will go to 5C and A.
grandiflora will go to 3C. I've seen the former grown outdoors in Jersey
but cut down and killed off by an unusual frost there. I would say that
most of them are grown as conservatory plants in UK and kept just above
frost level. I would say they're rather more specialist than usual garden
centre fare. The other name for A. gigantea is Dutchman's Pipe.

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