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Pseudogynoxys chenopodioides |
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| | Climbing a fence without any help, April 2020 |
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| | Just planted, October 2019 |
| Synonym(s) |
Senecio confusus |
| Common name |
Mexican flame vine |
| Family |
asteraceae |
| Life cycle |
perennial (Z8b-11)  |
| Flowers |
orange |
| Size |
vine to 10' |
| Light |
sun-part shade |
| Cultural notes |
well-drained soil |
Showy bright-orange flowers on a vigorous vine. Hopefully at least root-hardy here in the southwestern Houston suburbs. We bought a modest-sized plant in fall with the expectation that it would take off the following year and help decorate our back fence – and it didn't disappoint. By late March, it had scaled the height of the fence, without any on-purpose support, and flowers appeared in early April. If anything, I'll have to be careful that it doesn't overrun its neighbors.
Indeed, after surviving the big freeze of 2021, our flame vine continued to thrive, and conquer unintended territory – the photo below shows it nestling itself (in quite a showy fashion) into the vertical support provided by a struggling crape myrtle (totally invisible here), a small magnolia, and our large Arizona cypress.
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In our garden, this plant grows in the following area: back fence border About my plant portraits
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December 24, 2024
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