Diana's Hoyas blog - tips and inspiration

How to care for hoya plants for beginners, seasonal care tips, interesting facts and experiences about hoya plants



As you can already understand from the name, this is a hoya with large, very veined leaves, between the veins there can also be dark areas on a bright green background, which looks fabulous. The leaf itself is extremely thick and hard. The leaf can grow very large if there is less light, but can also be medium-sized if it...

How much light do my hoyas get, what types of lighting can they have, and what do I use now?

Hoya Macrophylla Snow Queen is currently the largest and most powerful hoya in my collection, one of the few hoyas that I have not changed its growing position since the very beginning of its cultivation, it still grows in the kitchen on the east-facing windowsill. I don't even really know how to organize it further, because it seems that...

How do I water my hoyas? How do I provide my hoyas with Asian or Australian climate conditions at home?

What pots to root hoya cuttings in? What pots to grow and care for hoya? What pot to choose to start growing your first, or first two or even first three:) hoyas?

This is a hoya that I wanted very, very much :) and from the very beginning, but it took almost 3 months for me to find a grower. And so, at the end of December 2022, I became the owner of a two-leaf cutting. The rooting of the cutting in a homemade greenhouse took 5 weeks, but I had to...

What does a hoya cutting look like? How to root a received hoya cutting? How long does a hoya cutting take to root?

There is no universal recipe, there are only general principles in growing hoyas, and this applies not only to growing hoyas:)

Which hoyas to choose as the first to start your new passion? And so that this hobby really grows into a real passion? And so that a the little secret thought does not suddenly creep in - "Hoyas, well, no, it's too complicated or it's too slow or it's so ... and in general, it's not for me ... :)",...

Why is growing hoyas a great hobby? - Why do I find growing hoyas an exciting and mediating process? Why are is this hobby positively addictive?