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Tropicals & Tender Perennials: Do Hoyas Really Prefer Being Root-Bound?, 1 by Lily_love

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Lily_love wrote:
It's certaintly a challenge to care for exotic flowers in our region where they have to be protected from unexpected frost! Not to mention when they become so big and unmanageable. I agreed with tropicbreeze on the statement that in nature lots of plants blooms prolifically when stressed.

In caring/enjoying Hoyas, when they become too "long" I propagate those long, long legged vines and make new ones. Christi I remembering seeing some of your most impressive hoyas blooms in years past. I'm sorry you've lost them. That pix you've posted above is one gorgeous specimen even without blooms.

I can't really say yae or nae to the root-bound theory in Hoyas, but I can say this; they're forgiven plants which give us so much joy in return.
Kim