How to care for hoya
Hoya are one of those gateway plants that can lead to a full-blown obsession, and Hoya kerrii is probably the one that catches a lot of newbie’s eyes. It’s also called the Sweetheart plant or Valentine’s hoya because the leaves look like hearts. Aaaand because we live in a capitalist society where we like to …
I currently don’t have any Hoya in leca, because I’ve either consolidated them in with my soil Hoya or I’ve given them away. I’m personally a big fan of keeping Hoya in leca, but for various reasons, I don’t have any. Those reasons being: Whenever I propagate Hoya, I always put them in leca, but …
It’s June, and we’re well into Hoya runner season. If your Hoya are all looking suuuper leggy at the moment, don’t despair! It’s all good – that’s just the way they grow. Why does my Hoya have a long stem? The stems are often referred to as runners, which some plants put out in the …
Yes, Hoya are epiphytes BUT they grow in a slightly different way to other epiphytes, like orchids and aroids. It’s quite common to see epiphytes like moth orchids grown without substrate, but I don’t think I’ve ever seen anyone grow Hoya epiphytically. Perhaps I should give it a go! What are epiphytes? Epiphytes are plants …
Hoya aren’t too bad when it comes to pest management. Their leaves are a bit too thick to attract thrips – they definitely do get them but thrips tend to abandon them in favour of other plants if they can. They do get spider mites, and can suffer damage from them, but they recover really …