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How to bring butterflies in your garden with Ditchmans Pipe

Aristolochia trilobata - Birthwort Dutchman's Pipe

How to bring butterflies in your garden with Ditchmans Pipe

🐙 Aristolochia trilobata - Birthwort Dutchman's Pipe, is one of the most striking butterfly plants. The brown-and-green, pitcher-shaped flowers with long striped tails look like something from another world, and the glossy lobed leaves give the vine a bold, tropical look.
🐙 What makes this plant truly special is how butterflies respond to it. They are drawn to the scent of the flowers and use the vine as a host plant, laying their eggs on the leaves. If you want butterflies, this is one of the easiest ways to bring them in and support their full life cycle.
🐙 This vine is tough and adaptable. It grows well in subtropical climates, handles low light, and can even be kept indoors. Give it a trellis or a fence and it quickly turns into a showpiece.
🐙 Beautiful, unusual, and a butterfly favorite - Dutchmans Pipe is a natural magnet for life in your garden.

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Bauhinia galpinii (punctata) - Pride of De Kaap, Nasturtium Orchid tree

☄️ You won’t believe this red orchid tree exists!

💥 Bauhinia galpinii (punctata) - Pride of De Kaap or Nasturtium Orchid tree - has the most unusual color for Bauhinias. It went bold with bright scarlet flowers that look like little flames!
💥 Native to South Africa, it’s a woody shrub you can shape into a small tree about 6-10 feet tall.
💥 It blooms almost year-round, covering itself with clusters of fiery red blooms that butterflies can't resist. The flowers resembling those of nasturtiums, coming in clusters.
💥 As all orchid trees, it has deep green, bilobed leaves are resembling butterfly wings. Tough, sun-loving, and low-maintenance - this beauty brings a touch of Africa right into your garden.

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🌞 The solution to eliminate weeds finally found!

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🟡 Senna (Cassia) alata – Empress Candle, Candelabra Plant - grows fast and stays in bloom from Summer through Fall, for many months. It covers your garden with lush, vibrant greenery and sunny, candle-like flowers.
🟡 This garden wonder lights up your space with golden, candle-like flowers, while its huge leaves provide cool shade and keep weeds at bay! Weeds 🌱 just don't have a chance to grow under its canopy!
🟡 In just one or two seasons, it can grow up to 10 feet wide and 6-8 feet tall, creating a natural masterpiece of beauty.
🟡 Butterflies, hummingbirds, and bees flock to its bright yellow flowers, which are followed by intriguing, rattling seed pods 🐝
🟡 The Empress Candle isn't just a plant - it's a stunning, must-have addition that transforms any garden into a living work of art.

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Quisqualis vine - Rangoon Creeper

How we turned an eyesore into a wall of flowers

Quisqualis vine - Rangoon Creeper - Flamingo pink and fruity fragrance in one!
Who said utility areas have to be ugly? Our Quisqualis indica - Rangoon Creeper - turned the roof of our water system into a wall of flowers! This shrubby vine covers itself in clusters of pink, crimson, and white blooms that change color as they age.
The fragrance is sweet, fruity, and absolutely unforgettable. Every time we walk by, we can’t help but stop and smell the... creeper!
Got a fence, trellis, or an eyesore to hide? This is your plant!

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