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Here are some beautiful Hoya flower themed bowl cozies hand made by my friend Rachel Mixon who interviewed me on her Yo…

Here is another Hoya themed T-shirt incorporating Halloween, or if you just love skeletons! It can be purchased here:…

Writers Supporting Writers welcomed Saffron Asteria to a recent video chat. Saffron introduced her website Indiosyncras…

I’ve had a number of Hoya themed t-shirts over the years; here is my latest, Proud Member of the Hoya Cult. It can be p…

Hoya bella in Stained Glass given to me on my retirement from the library five years ago. Note it also features books, …

Here is a custom made wall hanging out of fired clay. There aren’t really any Hoya flowers that are blue, but hey, it i…

There are many ways to enjoy the hobby of growing and admiring Hoyas. Back when I started growing this genus, there was…

I took the time yesterday to photograph the entire plant trying to show it to its best advantage. I still can’t really …

Last year I wrote a post called Witch Hazel Woes, bemoaning my perpetually non-blooming Chinese Witch Hazel tree (Hamam…

Hoya chloroleuca has been a really good grower for me; beside continuously being in flower, it has put on lots of leave…

The cool basement doesn’t seem to be hindering Hoya undulata from flowering. I just have to be careful of overwatering …

Hoya tannaensis is one of those Hoyas that once it starts flowering, it just won’t stop. The flowers are just so darned…

I’ve had a lot more impressive floral displays on this one, but any time H. macgillivrayi decides to bloom I will take …

This plant has not been out of flower once since if first flower late last summer. Here is a snapshot of some flowers f…

I continue to be pretty impressed with how well these dried blooms come out of the drying process. It is interesting th…

I love this photograph of a Hoya chloroleuca flower sitting on top of Hoya amicabilis blooms. I just happened to notice…

This is why I will never use AI to write fiction or anything else that really matters to me: By generating text in resp…

The title pretty much says it all! It almost looks like a spider guarding its young.

I don’t think that I have ever featured these together before, so here you are:

Hoya amicabilis and Hoya medusa flowers are pretty close to the same size.

I haven’t flowered Hoya amicabilis in awhile, and don’t know how much longer I will keep this difficult to cultivate pl…

Like I said before, this plant is likely to get chopped up in early 2026, so here are two final photographs of the plan…

This plant now probably has a couple of hundred flowers open on it now. So once again the photos were taken for posteri…

Hoya stenaokei has not been out of flower in months now and what is even more remarkable is that it is doing this on th…

Early last September, I had a real surprise in the front garden. An urban doe who has been around for years had produce…

I am very impressed with the results of my first try with drying Hoya flowers. The flowers retained their color and sta…

I was looking for something new to post and found this one flowering this morning. This is another plant that somehow I…

I’m not really sure why I still keep this Hoya, but I do, and here is a rare number of flowers on a single peduncle. Us…

I’m not sure if I have shown these prints before or not, but about a year ago I framed all 12 of Cynthia Bauzon-Arre’s …

Below are a few of the extremely cute pink flowers of Hoya yvesrocheri:

This plant is probable 2 1/2 feet in circumference and around 3 1/2 feet tall and covered with buds and flowers, which …

I absolutely must spend a little time documenting this incredible Hoya yvesrocheri. It is in all likelihood destined to…

I haven’t seen any discussion of this issue on any of the blogs I follow so thought I would post this for those who may…

Here is a newly opened H. onychoides bloom that I am getting ready to cover with silica to see what you get when you dr…

A few weeks ago Rachel Mixon from YouTube interviewed me about Hoya blooms. For those who have not seen it here is the …

Time goes by so quickly, and the older you get the faster it flies by. This is my annual lookback at the highlights of …