This is one of those plants that "ya just gotta have" somewhere in the garden. It's not winter hardy here (zone 7B-8, depending upon who you ask), so I'm planning to bring it into the greenhouse this winter and see what happens. Has anyone else tried overwintering these? I have the native species in the Stepchild Garden, and it does just fine overwintering, but the flowers are tiny little things. (In fact, I've already told Patti she can have the native one for her house.......it's not worth the space in my mind.)
It is officially Artistolochia elegans, though they are apparently in the midst of renaming it Aristolochia littoralils. If you have kids or pets who are going to feel a need to touch this, please be aware that the plant is pretty toxic, and is particularly linked to kidney issues.
