Simply extraordinary, Dutchman’s pipe carries its large heart shaped, rich green foliage in overlapping fashion–making it the perfect screen. A twiner, Dutchman’s pipe will cover chain link fences, climb poles, or decorate trellises. It is especially good against coarse bark, brick or block, and natural rough cut wood surfaces. While curious in bloom, with purple and yellowish brown pipe-shaped springborne flowers, its flowers are borne underneath the foliage. For this reason, if the flowers are to be appreciated, the plant must be carefully sited. An archway may be the best support from this standpoint as one can walk through and view the back side of the foliage, and therefore the flowers. Otherwise, one can simply lift up the foliage during spring to view them. The pendant fruit, when formed, is also interesting.