Pseudogynoxys, Mexican Flame Vine, Orange Glow Vine, Senecio 'Sao Paulo'

Very drough tolerant as a mature plant. I started mine from a cutting 8 years ago. Grows up on dwarf youpon hollies for support. Dies bac...Read Morek to the ground every winter in very cold weather but returns in the spring. Alkaline rocky soil. No fertilizer. Light mulch. Some water in dry periods. No pampered care. Blooms well. Not aggressive yet. Has not spread yet. Lights up the front yard. Gorgeous. The bright orange flame vine looks great with the pink pavonia rock rose flowers.

I got this plant through an online nursery and it is AMAZING! I planted it near our address plaque and it is a ball of red and green in ...Read Morea circular shape....thick with flowers. It seems to always be in bloom.

I purchased another one and planted it in half sun/half shade next to the garage door. We put a wire up the side and then across the overhang above the garage door all the way over and past the front door. The information for this plant says 8 to 10 feet but this vine has grown about 16 feet so far. We even planted another one on the other side which should meet in the center eventually.

It is a fast growing beautiful vine that brings delight to us when we arrive home. Doesn't seem to need much care at all. I do, however, have to use green tape to secure it to the wire otherwise we have cascading vines.

As soon as I can, I'll attach a photo.

I think the cold winter here in Austin may have killed this amazing bloomer, but if so, I will still look for another to replace it. It ...Read Morewas the star bloomer of our new hummingbird/butterfly garden we put in last spring. From what some people have said here, it may surprise me and comeback. That would even make it more amazing!

I have long wanted to grow this species, but was wary to introduce anything that might prove invasive within Hawai'i's vast array of micr...Read Moreo- and 'macro-' climates and its über-imperiled endemic plants and ecosystems.

When I obtained this clone I watched it very carefully and dead-headed every single flower before they could have a chance to set seed. Later on I discovered that the clone 'São Paulo' seems to be self-sterile and incapable of producing seed by its lonesome. Perhaps it is just missing another clone for fertilisation of the embryos to occur, however I have come to learn through HEAR.org that the regular species of S. confusus was already spreading at least on Maui and O'ahu islands. I don't know if its spread is due to asexual or sexual reproduction. The regular S. confusus is much less robust in floral and foliar parts.

Years on, I still keep an eye on my Senecio confusus 'São Paulo' to see if seed ever develops. Thousands of flowers later, I have yet to see a single seed formed. This makes growing the plant less of a controversy for myself, though I continue to be vigilant.

It is a very easy vine to grow and it loves to ramble everywhere it can. I'm in mauka Honolulu where the rainfall is average ~120"pa and the vine grows rapidly. It will grow and bloom in shade, although it becomes quite etiolated and blooms less frequently. It thrives and blooms abundantly in full sun. I cut mine back every 4-6 months or so to keep it in check for my purposes and it doesn't seem to mind a liberal cut back.

The exuberant and seemingly endless supply of vibrant orange flowers are reason enough to grow it. S. c. 'São Paulo' has more robust and more full flowers, making it a great choice.