Hoya Care: Grow Fragrant Hoya Carnosa Wax Plant
One word describes Hoya Plant Care – EASY! The popularity and interest in the Hoya wax flower is growing. These vining plants have been grown by indoor gardeners for generations.
Hoya
Hoyas are growing in popularity. The Hoya is one of the favorite pot vines of an earlier era. The common name is the wax plant and porcelain flower.
The delicate pinkish color of the flowers reminds you of fine translucent china. It is also called the “Honey Plant” because of the drop of honey-nectar on the red star-shaped crown of each bloom.
Hoya commemorates Thomas Hoy, onetime gardener to the Duke of Northumberland.
Hoya carnosa, is the most popular variety. Is heavy vine and thick leaves, must be two or three years old before blooming.
Hoya carnosa variegata has leaves of green and yellow variegated leaves with sometimes a tinge of pink.
Other notable Hoya types are:
- Hoya compacta the Hindu rope plant
- Hoya australis, a climber, 4 ft., white and pink.
- Hoya bella, a shrubby kind, 3 ft., white and crimson, summer.
Flowers On Spurs
Hoya vines produce brown stem like spurs which bring out the flower clusters year after year. Leave the spurs on the plant.
- Good drainage is essential.
- Transplant in early spring.
- After active growth begins, feed with a good soluble houseplant food.
- All hoya blooms are fragrant.
- This an ideal basket plant.
Propagate by rooting tip cuttings with two or more sturdy leaves.
Sometimes one-leaf cuttings never produce roots. Layering a branch in a pot near the vine outdoors during summer is another easy way to get a good sized plant.
Cuttings root easily in water or sand and propagation involves no problems.
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