Orange Zexmenia

Name: Orange Zexmenia
Brand: Outdoor Dream Builders

Wedelia acapulcensis

Cheerful orange-yellow daisies blanket this heat-loving perennial through the hottest months of summer.

Hardy in USDA zones 8-11; a heat-loving perennial that stays semi-evergreen in mild low-desert winters and resprouts from roots after hard frost.

AMWUA Notes

A tough, moderate-water perennial that supplies dependable summer daisy color when heat stalls other bloomers.

Care Guide

💧Watering

Water every 1-2 weeks in summer; drought tolerant once established, it flowers longest through the heat with occasional deep soaks and good drainage.

✂️Pruning

Deadhead or lightly shear spent daisies to keep bloom coming all summer; cut the plant back by a third to a half in late winter to renew it.

🌱Fertilizing

Minimal; it performs well in lean soil with little or no feeding.

🛡️Pests

Clean and trouble-free, with foliage generally left alone by pests and browsers.

☀️Seasonal Notes

Semi-evergreen in mild winters and root-hardy where frost cuts it back; blooms reliably through the hottest part of summer when many plants pause.

🪨Soil

Lean, well-drained rocky or gravelly soils; heat-loving and tolerant of poor ground; needs good drainage.

💧Drainage

Needs well-drained soil.

🌱Nutrient Needs

Low feeder.

🌰Propagation

Seed or cuttings; reseeds modestly and cuttings root readily.

📐Spacing

3 ft

🌳Roots & Placement

Minimal; a compact, well-behaved perennial with no invasive tendencies.

•Use as a compact, heat-proof color accent in the middle or front of a summer border.
•Mass in threes for a mound of orange-yellow daisies that shrugs off midsummer heat.
•Pair with spring bloomers so the bed keeps color through the summer lull.
•Full sun and reflected heat; it is one of the more summer-floriferous desert perennials.