beautiful wax plant

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An epiphytic shrub with soft, downy trailing stems and fleshy, ovate green leaves. Produces pendent clusters of scented, star-shaped waxy white flowers with lilac-pink coronas in summer.

Scientific classification

Species: beautiful wax plant (Hoya lanceolata subsp. bella)
Genus: Hoya
Family: Apocynaceae

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Toxicity: Houseplants · Conservatory Greenhouse
Plant type: 0.1-0.5 metres
Height: 0.1-0.5 metres
Spread: Evergreen
Foliage: Bushy · Trailing
Habit: Spring · Summer · Autumn · Winter
Season of interest: Full sun
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Distribution of beautiful wax plant

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India

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Culture

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Toxicity

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Quick identification of beautiful wax plant

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beautiful wax plant care guide

Moderate regular watering, allowing brief slight drying between soakings
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Watering

Moderate regular watering, allowing brief slight drying between soakings

Fertilizing

Balanced perennial feed every four weeks from spring through summer

Pruning

Routine pruning is unnecessary; shorten overlong shoots to fit the available space. For last-year flowering growth, prune after flowering; for current-year flowering growth, prune in late winter or spring. This guidance is for established plants.

Propagation

Propagate by semi-hardwood cuttings or by layering

Growing

Grow indoors in a free draining potting mix, such as a mixture of loam-based compost, sharp sand, ground bark and charcoal. Position in bright filtered light, with moderate to high humidity, and water freely in the growing season; keep just moist in winter. Will not tolerate wet soil. See hoya cultivation

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