Hoya Carnosa: Easy Wax Plant with Fragrant Flowers
Hoya carnosa
Hoya carnosa care: trailing houseplant with waxy star-shaped fragrant flowers. Bright indirect light, little water, easy and long-lived to grow.
Characteristics
Hoya carnosa, known as the wax plant, is a trailing houseplant with thick glossy leaves and intensely fragrant star-shaped flowers in rounded clusters. It prefers bright indirect light, light soil and infrequent watering. It is one of the easiest and longest-lived flowering plants.
Flowering season
Practical tips
Water needs: bassa — always check soil moisture before watering.
Prefers luce intensa indiretta: provide the right light and rotate the plant for even growth.
Recommended soil: drenante leggero. Refresh the substrate every 1-2 years.
Dust the leaves with a damp cloth to support photosynthesis.
Feed during the growing season (spring-summer) and stop in winter.
