Zexmenia
Wedelia acapulcensisZexmenia is a perennial native to the Texas Hill Country that grows 1.5–2.5 ft tall and 2–3 ft wide. It wants full sun or part shade and low water, and handles caliche and clay soil. Blooms yellow in spring, summer and fall. Deer rarely browse it. Good for birds and butterflies.
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From our guide
Village of the HillsCompact shrubby perennial covered in small golden-orange daisies from spring through frost.
Why it works here
Blooms continuously through the hottest part of summer with essentially no care, and reseeds gently.
Watch out
Woody and untidy by late winter. Cut back hard before spring growth.
The facts
5 sources- Type
- Perennial
- Sun
- Full sun to part shade (3+ hrs)
- Water
- Low
- Height
- 1.5–2.5 ft
- Spread
- 2–3 ft
- Bloom
- Spring, Summer, Fall · yellow
- Foliage
- Semi-evergreen
- Soil
- Takes caliche and clay · recorded on caliche, clay, dry, gravelly, limestone, loam, sand, well drained
- Deer
- High — deer rarely browse it. Coarse foliage
- Wildlife
- Supports birds and butterflies
Where it grows
Recorded in these EPA Level IV ecoregions in the Austin and Hill Country launch area:
4,741 occurrence records in Central Texas (GBIF).
Can you buy it?
In the Village of the Hills guide, but not on the grower stock lists we read yet. Ask a native-plant nursery.