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Senecio macroglossus
Also called Cape Ivy, Waxvine, Flowering Ivy, Ivy Ragwort, Wax Vine
Natal ivy is an evergreen climbing vine from southern Africa with waxy, triangular leaves and yellow daisy-like flowers in summer. It is grown mainly as a houseplant or conservatory climber in cooler regions, and it needs bright light and cool winters to do well.
Senecio macroglossus, the Natal ivy, marguerite ivy, climbing senecio or wax ivy, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae, native to southern Africa, from Zimbabwe and Mozambique to eastern South Africa.
With a minimum temperature of 5–7 °C (41–45 °F), it is frequently grown as a houseplant in temperate regions. Numerous cultivars have been developed, of which 'Variegatus', with cream-coloured leaf margins, has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Senecio macroglossus by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
