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| Botanical Name: |
Hoya carnosa
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| Sounds like: |
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| Common Name: |
Wax Plant
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| Family Name: |
ASCLEPIADACEAE
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| Genus: |
Hoya
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| species |
carnosa
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| Name Derivation |
G: Comm. Thomas Hoy, English gardener; S: Lat. fleshy
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| Dimensions: |
2m.
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| Flower: |
Star-shaped umbels, 12-30 white with pink. Waxy.
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| Climate: |
Drought and frost tender.
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| Fruit: |
None.
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| Propagation: |
Cuttings.
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| Horticulture Use: |
Showy flowers for use on walls and trellis. Pot plants.
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| Culture & Maintenance: |
Soil light to medium, average fertility. Well-drained, plenty of water in summer and spring. Mulching and manure improves flowering. Best grown on trellis or wall in warm protected position.
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| Foliage: |
Ovate-oblong, 8cm, thick, fleshy, glabrous, shiny.
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