This new type of succulent has heart-shaped leaves and hydrangea-like flowers, is easy to care for and worth getting
Introduction
Green plants and potted plants are essential decorations for home life. They can beautify the room and also delight the mood and nurture the character. Keeping some flowers and plants at home has many benefits. "Flower Sound Potted Plant Diary · Issue 996" introduces you to a new type of succulent.
Today's featured plant
The flower introduced today is one you may have seen, because it is a truly internet-famous plant that flower lovers often show off, but you may know very little about it. This is the "Hoya kerrii", abbreviated as heart-leaf hoya, also known as wax flower, which has a natural distribution in Guangxi, China. It belongs to the genus Hoya in the family Apocynaceae. Its leaves are fleshy and plump, making it a succulent plant.
Heart-leaf hoya
The most unusual feature of Hoya kerrii is its leaves. Its leaves are thick, fleshy and emerald green, completely in the shape of a "heart", which makes people praise it endlessly. Therefore, it is also called the "lover's flower". Lovers like to use it as a gift for each other to express love. As a succulent, it can be propagated by leaf cuttings, and a single leaf can grow into a large plant.
The flowers of Hoya kerrii
There are many varieties of heart-leaf hoya, and their common point is that the leaves are heart-shaped, but the flower shapes are not very similar. They are mainly "ball"-shaped flowers, and there are also semi-ball-shaped ones. When blooming, many small flowers gather together to form a "ball" shape, perfectly round and crystal clear, very interesting. The flowers also have a sweet fragrance similar to brown sugar.
Blooms from a young age, with a long flowering period
Compared with other hoya succulents, Hoya kerrii is considered a very frequent bloomer. It begins to bloom from the seedling stage, and the flowering period is also very long. A single flower can remain open for several days without fading, one wave after another, blooming continuously. It blooms most in spring and summer, and with sufficient sunlight in autumn and winter it will also bloom. When the flowers bloom, fragrance fills the room.
Not just a succulent
Hoya kerrii is also a vine plant. Give it a support to guide it, and it will reward you with a sea of flowers. The leaves are evergreen all year round, thick, plump and emerald green. Grown indoors, it can effectively absorb dust and purify the air. The floral fragrance when blooming is a natural air freshener. It is a perennial, and with one planting, it blooms every year. It is very worth getting.