garden club

One other question remained to be answered about the flowers on the variegated H. polyneura; what would the flowers loo…

Finally the blooms began to open, they were beautiful and were almost identical to the blooms on the regular H. polyneu…

My combined plants in a hanging basket grew together well, and primarily because of space considerations moved it out o…

My two leaf cutting received from a friend in the late summer of 2022 surprised me by not only rooting but actually gro…

I first saw the variegated Hoya polyneura during the pandemic, and small cuttings of it were selling for hundreds of do…

The short answer is I don’t know! It was probably created in a lab by altering the DNA of the plant through the use of …

In my discussion of the variegated polyneura, we begin with the original H. polyneura first discovered by Sir Joseph Da…

Here is a teaser photo – Until tomorrow!

End of week 3. Writing time is now a habit, but has not become a compelling priority. Work #1: 6 pages, 3,000 words.Wor…

I could not resist putting these two together since they are both in full bloom at the moment.

There has to be 200-300 blooms on this plant which will be quite a lot to clean up when they all fall off, but it is wo…

The shortening days of late autumn brings this incredible Hoya into full bloom. It loves living on my Northwest windows…

I absolutely love this plant that needs no special attention other than a weekly watering. It flowers as the days short…

Here is another great looking couple!

I snapped this photo this morning; I think that the two flowers look pretty good together!

I’ve had this plant now for almost two years; it grows rampantly, has the leaves of a Dischidia and won’t flower no mat…

End of Week 2. The writing is rolling along, with a few bumps and pauses. I have put in at least the minimal time at th…

The flowers on this plant tend to open up of a period of days even on the same peduncle so it has been hard to get mult…

One thing as sure as death and taxes is Hoya linearis flowering in October. It took me a bit to get this one up, but he…

Hoya stenaokei has been living many months on the windowsill now, and what has really surprised me is that it has conti…

It is impossible to stop Dischidia ruscifolia from flowering as the days start to get shorter. They produce hundreds of…

I managed to grow this inner variegated Hoya bella into a pretty big specimen in an 8 inch hanging basket, but all was …

This floral display is the first time that I have had this many open blooms on one peduncle. I am definitely warming up…

I took Hoya benchaii outside to take a photo on a warm day in November. I think this was the first time this plant has …

Writing has commenced! Starting a new work always feels like a leap over an abyss (hence the featured image). After eig…

I posted a photo of this one a few days ago, but its colors have gotten even more intense. Who knew that this the leave…

Here is another Philippine Hoya that I caught just as it opened before the blooms had a chance to reflex.

And 139th too! Herbert West, the fictional mad scientist created by H.P. Lovecraft and reanimated by me, turns twenty-f…

I caught this one the other day before the flowers had a chance to reflex.

I received a cutting of this plant from Melanie Myers way back in 2006; I’ve kept this plant going now for 19 years. It…

Here is the entire plant before the blooms open; I will try to bring it back for another photo after the flowers open.�…

I don’t know how much longer I will keep this one around as it is such a difficult grower for me. I have however manage…

I usually cut off every peduncle that appears on this plant as the flowers drip nectar on everything, but in this case …

Many of my hanging plants have gotten to long to be able to easily submerge the root ball so I took the opportunity of …

November is the month for writing. Right at the start I will say I never participated in NaNoWriMo, back when it was a …