Difference between revisions of "Senecio macroglossus"

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|common_name=Kenya Ivy, Natal Ivy, Wax Vine
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|name_ref=Sunset National Garden Book
 
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|features=evergreen, flowers, houseplant
 
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Latest revision as of 20:37, 27 May 2010


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Plant Characteristics
Habit   vine-climber

Height: 3 ft"ft" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 3. to 7 ft"ft" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 7.
Width: 40 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 40.
Bloom: early spring, mid spring, late spring, early summer, mid summer, late summer
Cultivation
Exposure: sun, part-sun
Water: moderate
Features: evergreen, flowers, houseplant
USDA Zones: 9 to 12
Sunset Zones: 12, 13, 25
Flower features: orange, yellow
Scientific Names

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Read about Senecio macroglossus in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Senecio macroglossus, DC. Cape Ivy. An herbaceous glabrous climbing perennial: lvs. petiolate, deltoid-hastate, 1-1 1/2 in. long and broad, usually with 2 salient acuminate basal lobes, entire or subdentate, cordate to almost truncate at the base: flowering branches 1-3-headed: heads radiate with 8-12-yellow rays; disk-fls. 40-50: achenes glabrous. S. Afr.—A coolhouse climber. CH


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