Tropicals & Tender Perennials: If I Could Only Grow One Hoya, I Would Grow?, 0 by Hoya_24

Hoya_24 wrote:
I don't know if this kind of thread has been posted here before, so if it has, forgive me please. I know how hard it would be for many of you here to pick just one, but that is all that is allowed. I will start by picking mine, and give my reasons for my choice.

If I could only grow one Hoya, I would grow H. cumingiana. Here are my reasons:

1. It is the perfect size. It doesn't really outgrow its space. It is just a sort of great small Hoya that is easily trained and shaped.

2. The flower smells like cinnimon gum. I smelled the flower really for the first time today; it was amazing. I had been keeping this plant next to H. lacunosa, which overpowers anything nearby. After I moved the cumingiana, I smelled its wonderful arroma - fantastic.

3. The plant has staying power, and is an easy grower. I've had mine for over four years, and It is very undemanding. It took a long time to bloom, but I think that was because I was not giving it enough light.

4. Cats won't eat it. At least mine won't. They treat it as a non plant - sort of like it was made of plastic. I just brought in a beautiful specimen Begonia from the greenhouse last night and by this morning it looked like a tossed salad - darned Cats. So far the only Hoya they eat is cv. Iris Marie, but I try to not give them to many oportunities. Cumingiana is right at their eye level, and they totally ignore it.

5. It is pretty common and easily obtainable. After dropping a lot of cash on Hoyas recently, it is nice that this one is available in many places for very resonable prices.

Well those are the reasons for my choice. It was a very tough call, and there were many close seconds, but at least at this point in my Hoya life, H. cumingiana is the plant I would pick if I could only grow one.