Tropicals & Tender Perennials: Hoya in Hawai 2, 1 by markroy68

markroy68 wrote:
Carol has all sorts of Hoya growing in her garden, but the start attraction are the section Eriostemma Hoya. These species are different from most Hoya in that they are rampant, terrestrial vines. They grow like crazy, climbing trees to their very top, dangling to the ground again, and then starting back up after crawling on the ground in some cases.
The flowers are usually very large, though the leaves are medium sized. Not a whole lot of scent, but the flowers are amazing in being large, very shiny and brightly colored- they almost look unreal.
This one has gotten out of hand- it is I think H. susuella, growing in a back corner of the garden, and has started to kill the host tree by breaking off branches and stressing the branch crotches.