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Hardiness: USDA Zone 9a: to -6.6 °C (20 °F) USDA Zone 9b: to -3.8 °C (25 °F) USDA Zone 10a: to -1.1 °C (30 °F) USDA Zone 10b: to 1.7 °C (35 °F) USDA Zone 11: above 4.5 °C (40 °F)
Sun Exposure: Full Sun
Danger: Handling plant may cause skin irritation or allergic reaction
On Jan 7, 2008, TexasPuddyPrint from Edinburg, TX wrote:
Always provides a riot of blooms. The Queen butterflies love this stuff!!!
Have found it very easy to root. I take tip cuttings, dip them into hormone powder and push the stem down into small blocks of wet floral foam. It helps to use a skewer or something thin to make a hole in the wet floral foam first as most tip cuttings are easily bent. I keep the wet floral foam moist and within a few days the roots start growing out it. Plant the cutting in the block of wet floral foam directly into the soil or a pot.
On Jun 19, 2006, eurokitty from Holmes Beach, FL (Zone 9b) wrote:
Got mine from simple cuttings from my mother's vine - and has already grown to about one foot in a month. So very easy to propagate! I am experimenting with mingling vines on a lattice work fence that we're trying to completely cover for privacy. (I got this idea thanks to a post I saw in the vines forum.) I'm blending this with confederate jasmine. I'll post photos when they grow a bit.
On Apr 24, 2005, goodstoryteller from Sierra Vista, AZ (Zone 8a) wrote:
Described well by others--mine blooms in about six flushes a year. I trim it back slightly after each flush has finished to get rid of the seed pods and tidy it up. I severly prune it in the spring---I have not had mine freeze back, but I know those who are more susceptible to freeze here, have--but it comes right back. I cut mine way back a month ago and it is starting to bloom now. Very fast growing, I have started a few from cuttings. I grow it on a trellis that shields my a/c and water treatment stuff. Wide variety of butterflies, bees, dragonflies nectar on it.
I got mine three years ago at Florida Native Plant--it is not a Florida Native but is Florida friendly. --never seen it at Home Depot--It does show up at the butterfly club and my garden club at plant sales and raffles.
I don't think it requires extra water but mine gets it as I have my tomatoes and herb garden at its feet.
On Jan 11, 2005, xyris from Sebring, FL (Zone 9b) wrote:
I planted it, so I can't compain too much that now I have LOTS of this plant. It is pretty easy to pull up from where I don't want it, and if when we get a freeze (none in the last two years) that will control it as well! I let it climb into some of my live oaks and sour orange trees, and it looks great peeking out. I have seen it take over tree canopies in Miami, but I just don't think that is possible this far north.
On Mar 21, 2004, pixie000 from Dade City, FL (Zone 9a) wrote:
We live in Dade City in Central Florida. Bought my Flame Vine at Home Depot in April 2003, in a one inch pot. It's planted at the base of a chain link fence in a mostly shady spot. The soil is sandy and the plant has had to compete for space with my passion plants. ( I have 9 variety's)
I watered very little, never fertilized and let the Flame Vine alone. This area is sub-tropical, very hot and humid. It grew up the fence and into my Live-oak.
Their is now a big patch of bright flowers thirty feet up the Live Oak Tree
On Jan 2, 2004, htop from San Antonio, TX (Zone 8b) wrote:
San Antonio, Tx.
This is fast growing Mexico native perennial vine that produces blooms until the first hard freeze. The arrowhead- shaped succulent-like deep green leaves are serrated on the edges and are similar to German Ivy. The brilliant bright orange 1 inch in diameter flowers appear in small clusters. As they age and after pollination, the blooms change to almost red. The seedheads resemble smaller versions of dandelion seedheads.
It has high heat tolerance, low water requirements and is seldom bothered by pests. This plant is attractive to bees, butterflies and birds. Senecio confusus means "confused old man" which probably refers to the vine's growth habit - it needs to be provided with some sort of support or it will grow into a tangled mass where it supports itself.
It can be propagated by seeds, cuttings or layering. The vine naturally forms roots where it touches the ground. Because the seeds require light to germinate, they need to be kept at the surface of the soil.
On Mar 27, 2003, Chamma from Tennille, GA (Zone 8b) wrote:
I call this my HAPPY PLANT! It grows quickly here and is covered with bright orange flowers! I have it growing on an 18ftX 10ft wrought iron trellis with allamanda and between both plants, the trellis is covered in a patchwork of yellow and oranges!
On Aug 26, 2001, Trish from Jacksonville, TX (Zone 8b) wrote:
Dies to the ground in mild frost, but comes back fast from roots. Twines to 8-10 ft. Light green, rather fleshy leaves are 1-4 in. long, 1/2-1 in. wide, coarsely toothed, large clusters of startling, orange-red blooms with golden centers appear at branch ends. Will bloom all year where winters are mild. Provide light soil, regular water. Full sun, or very light shade. Use on trellis or collumn, let cascade over bank, wall, or plant in hanging basket. Propagation by cutting or seed.
Regional...
This plant has been said to grow in the following regions:
, (2 reports) Glendale, Arizona Lake Havasu City, Arizona Scottsdale, Arizona Oakland, California Rancho Santa Margarita, California Santa Ana, California Spring Valley, California Apopka, Florida Bartow, Florida Big Pine Key, Florida Boca Raton, Florida (2 reports) Bradley, Florida Clearwater, Florida Clermont, Florida Dade City, Florida Deland, Florida Fernandina Beach, Florida Hollywood, Florida Holmes Beach, Florida Jacksonville, Florida Miami, Florida New Port Richey, Florida Oakland, Florida Ocala, Florida Palm Coast, Florida Pompano Beach, Florida Riverview, Florida Sebring, Florida Tallahassee, Florida Valrico, Florida Venice, Florida Wauchula, Florida Weston, Florida Latonia, Kentucky Bossier City, Louisiana Mandeville, Louisiana New Orleans, Louisiana Opelousas, Louisiana Carriere, Mississippi Austin, Texas Burleson, Texas College Station, Texas Copperas Cove, Texas Edinburg, Texas Fort Worth, Texas Freeport, Texas Georgetown, Texas Haltom City, Texas Houston, Texas (2 reports) Humble, Texas Laredo, Texas Liberty Hill, Texas New Caney, Texas Port Lavaca, Texas Princeton, Texas San Antonio, Texas (2 reports) Santa Fe, Texas Spring, Texas Spring Branch, Texas Sugar Land, Texas Victoria, Texas Waco, Texas