Hoya has the longest blooming period, flowering in all four seasons and filling the whole house with fragrance, easy to grow and well worth getting

Introduction

Green plants and potted flowers are essential decorations for home life; they beautify the room and also delight the mind and nurture the character. Keeping some flowers and plants at home brings many benefits. "Flower Sound Potted Plant Diary, Issue 993" introduces you to a hoya with the longest blooming period.

Hoya

Hoya is an emerging indoor climbing flowering plant, with unusual flower shapes, rich fragrance, and very high ornamental value, and it is very popular among flower enthusiasts. In the previous issue we introduced the most widespread hoya variety, the green-leaf white-flower hoya, and quite a few flower enthusiasts reported that the green-leaf type is difficult to bloom. This issue introduces one that blooms most easily, flowering from a young age and giving a great sense of achievement. This is the Hoya obovata.

Hoya obovata

Hoya obovata, also known as the obovate-leaf hoya, is a perennial succulent climbing plant in the family Apocynaceae. It is essentially a succulent plant, derived from a variant of Hoya kerrii. Its leaves are oval, thick and emerald green. It can be enjoyed both for its foliage and its flowers. There are many varieties, and the flower colors also come in several types. Both flowers and leaves are beautiful, making it one of the most popular varieties, especially the inner-variegated types.

Exceptionally long blooming period

Many hoya varieties need several years of care before they bloom, but Hoya obovata is different. Grafted young plants bloom in the same year, and as long as there is sufficient light, they will keep blooming continuously, one after another, wave after wave, like a good child who knows how to repay kindness. If you care for it well, it will endlessly produce flowers for you to enjoy.

Very easy to grow

Not only does it bloom early and have a long blooming period, Hoya obovata may also be the most cold-tolerant hoya. In northern regions (south of North China), as long as it is not left outdoors in winter, it can basically overwinter safely, which is enough to prove its tenacious vitality. It can even survive with water culture. The pot and soil needed for potting do not have to be too large. It can be propagated by leaf cuttings and stem cuttings like succulent plants, and it is even easier to grow than pothos.

Worth having

Quite a few flower enthusiasts report that the green-leaf variety's floral fragrance is too strong, especially on summer nights, to the point that people cannot stand the scent and have to move it outside the balcony. Hoya obovata, however, does not do this. Its floral fragrance is relatively light. When it blooms, the whole room is filled with fragrance, just right, and not pungent. In addition, it is easy to grow, and both its flowers and leaves are beautiful. It is a rare fine potted plant and very worth getting.