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Lots of reasons to grow Pipe vines

Dutchman's pipe climbs by the twining method. Furnish a support for it, so that the vine will twine around something of their choosing. You can train the vine as it climbs, so that you have more control over where it grows.

Pruning is best done in late winter or early spring. Being vigorous (once established) and amenable to pruning, ." As long as you cut off no more than 1/4 of the plant at any one time, you should be OK. Another general pruning rule with trees, shrubs and perennial vines is to prune off no more than 1/3 of a plant's growth in the course of the entire year.
Look for the weakest branches and any growth that seems to be getting out of hand -- and prune those off.

Uses in Landscaping

Classified as one of the flowering vines, Dutchman's pipe is, nevertheless, more useful as a foliage plant. Its leaves fill in densely, suggesting a number of potential uses, most notably as:
Plants that cast shade to keep an area coo and screen out prying eyes from areas where you want privacy

For example, I frequently see Dutchman's pipe vines growing up the front of a porch on older homes, in which role they cast welcome shade during summer's scorching sun If you don't have a porch but desire an outdoor living space of some sort where you can relax on a hot day, drink in hand, then consider erecting a pergola or large garden arbor and train the vines so that they grow up and over it.

The density of its foliage also makes Dutchman's pipe vine effective in hiding eyesores. For example, perhaps you have chain-link fencing and feel (as many do) that it provides a horrible background for a particular planting bed during the summer. By training Dutchman's pipe along it, you could obscure the fencing and procure a nice green backdrop for enhanced viewing of the bed.

"Pipevine is the primary food for Pipevine Swallowtail."