Mexican Flame Vine Texas Native Orbexilum melanocarpum

Orbexilum melanocarpum

low-maintenance perennial that delights us with its beautiful purple flower clusters during the warm season

in well-drained soils

It grows great in rock gardens as it is drought tolerant and can tolerate extreme conditions of seasonally wet and seasonally dry soils

Mexican Flame Vine Texas Native Orbexilum melanocarpumSenecio confusus A fast growing vine that provides a profusion of orange daisy like flowers. The plant mounds when not given support but is an excellent climber of fences and trellises. It does not survive hard freezes, so in most years it should be used as an annual in all but South Texas.