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Hoya carnosa 'Krinkle 8'

We have grown this plant -- now a big vine that frames our kitchen window -- 4'x5' -- lush growth, but to date only a single flower that didn't last long.

I was given a cutting off a very large plant. I put it in my kitchen greenhouse window. It took a long time to start growing, but within a year it grew a few inches and flowered. At first I thought the pink waxy buds that came WERE the flowers. I was so surprised when they opened to beautiful pink flowers.

MY Hoya Carnosa is two years old and this year I have had to flowerings of 6 flowers each time. I have not noticed any scent to the plant but experience sticky droplets from the florets. It is trained around a hoop and seems to be very happy going round and round in a sunlight position in the conservatory, but not in direct sunlight as we find this makes the leaves go pale green. I have also been very successful in achieving many cuttings by putting them in rooting powder and placing them in a plant pot with a plastic bag covering it until it is rooted.

i HAVE GROWN THIS PLANT AS A HOUSEPLANT FOR NEARLY 20 YEARS .mY MOTHER-IN-LAW HAD BEEN GROWING IT FOR AT LEAST 20 YEARS BEFOR THAT.
i SET THE POT OUTSIDE EVERY SUMMER AND IT BLOOMS WELL THRU SPRING AND INTO SUMMER. i KEEP IT IN PARTIAL SHADE. FULL SUN SCALDS THE LEAVES. iT IS QUITE VINEY WHICH CAUSES A FEW TANGLES. i TRIM IT BACK AFTER SPRING BLOOMING, WHICH KEEPS THE SIZE MANAGABLE. i HAVE STARTED ANOTHER PLANT FROM A CUTTING AND IT ALSO GROWS WELL. BCBOYD.