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The pipe vine is awoody, deciduous vine native to eastern North America.
A vigorous grower, it can reach heights of up to 20 or 30 feet tall once mature.
Classified as aflowering vine, the pipe vine is, nevertheless, more useful as a foliage plant.
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Pipe vines don’t have any major pest or disease issues.
Light
Plant your pipe vine in full sunto achieve the best growth and flowering potential.
Overall, aim to grant your plant at least six to eight hours of full to partial sunlight daily.
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Temperature and Humidity
Pipe vine prefers moderate temperatures year-round and is not frost hardy.
Types of Dutchman Pipe Vine
There are a variety of other types of pipevines,includingA.
Pruning is best done in late winter or early spring.
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Be vigorousthe vine responds well to pruning, so don’t be afraid to trim it.
Propagating Dutchmans Pipe Vine
The pipe vine plant can easily be propagated by seed or cuttings.
The easiest and quickest way is by growing from cuttings.
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Let the seed pods dry on the vine and turn brown before taking them off.
Sow the seeds and let them dry on seed trays to be ready for planting in the spring.
If any float, discard them as they are not viable seeds.
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Then place the seeds in prepared pots with seed starting soil allocating two seeds per pot and water.
Keep the soil moist, and the seedlings should start appearing in approximately a month.
Overwintering
This climbing vine will shed its leaves in the winter in the cooler zones.
you’re free to protect the root base from frost by putting mulch around it.
The leaves of the plant will grow back out in the springtime.
This is a very fast-growing vine that can grow up to six feet a year.
Regulate its growth with annual pruning.
While this vine is attractive to butterflies, it is deer resistant, and pest resistant.
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