Hoyas

Hoya species, hybrids and cultivars

These climbing or trailing plants are popular as potted specimens all over the world. In warm climates like most of Queensland, they can be grown outdoors in a well-lit position but protected from the strongest sun.

They're well known for their preference for being pot-bound. Another important characteristic of Hoyas is their habit of flowering from the same points year after year. Don't cut off spent flowers as you risk damaging the shoot (spur) from which they'll produce flowers next time.

Hoya species are native to the Asia and Pacific regions, including some in Australia. At one time the genus was classified as belonging to the family Asclepiadaceae, but that is now considered a subfamily (Asclepiadoideae) within the much larger Apocynaceae.