General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Cactus/Succulent
Vine
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Partial or Dappled Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 10a -1.1 °C (30 °F) to +1.7 °C (35 °F)
Plant Height: Climbs and twines 4 to 6 feet
Leaves: Evergreen
Other: Green margins with creamy white to pink varigation in center of leaves.
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Flower Color: White
Other: Pale Pink
Bloom Size: Under 1"
Flower Time: Late spring or early summer
Summer
Other: Off and on throughout the year
Suitable Locations: Houseplant
Wildlife Attractant: Butterflies
Hummingbirds
Resistances: Humidity tolerant
Propagation: Seeds: Other info: Seeds are viable for a few days, they sprout almost immediately.
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem
Containers: Suitable for hanging baskets
Needs excellent drainage in pots
Miscellaneous: Epiphytic

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Common names
  • Krimson Princess Hoya
  • Wax Plant

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Location: Tampa, FL
Date: 2023-11-19
Location: Tampa, FL
Date: 2023-11-19
Location: Zone 9 Summer bloom
Date: 2020-08-17
My hanging basket on patio
Location: Fairfax, VA | June, 2022
Date: 2022-06-10

Date: October 12, 2008
This plant eventually reverted to solid green leaves
Location: indoors
Date: January
showing leaf variegation
Location: Daytona Beach, Florida
Date: 2010-08-25
Location: Hanging basket on south facing porch
Date: 2020-08-17
First flower of 2020
Location: My patio zone 9 Louisiana
Date: 2018-06-23
Doubled size in 2 months since buying at a plant sale in April

Date: June 21, 2011
This plant has reverted to the solid green form of H. carnosa.
Location: Plano, TX
Part of the plant is reverting.
Location: Fairfax, VA | January 2023
Date: 2023-01-07
Location: Fountain, Florida
Date: 2008-05-02
bloom smells like chocolate
Location: Jersey City, NJ
Date: 2016-03
my freshly trellised hoya2
Location: My hanging basket zone 9 Louisiana
Date: 2020-08-17
Love the burgundy stems on new growth
Location: Fairfax, VA
Location: Fairfax, VA
Location: Daytona Beach, Florida
Date: October 15, 2011
This is a plant that with age has converted from variegated to so
Location: Plano, TX
Date: 2014-10-24

Date: 2017-07-19
First time blooming, 2 yrs old

Date: 2020-03-31
Location: Riverton, Utah, United States
Date: 2021-10-25
Location: Jersey City, NJ
Date: 2016-03
my freshly trellised hoya1
Location: Back deck of home
Date: 2019-07-08
My first Hoya.
Photo by AlyssaBlue
Location: My patio zone 9 Louisiana
Date: 2018-06-23
Doubled size in 2 months since buying at a plant sale in April

Date: 2012-04-09
Location: Daytona Beach, Florida
Date: 2012-04-09 
With age, it reverted to solid green

Date: June 29, 2010

Date: August 8, 2008
Night shot of bloom

Date: August 8, 2008
Location: Michigan 
Date: August 2020
New leaves after summer sun

Date: August 4, 2008

Date: 2014-03-07
Location: Daytona Beach, Florida
Date: August 3, 2009
Aphids on a new stem
Location: Thomson,Ga.
Date: 2013-03-05
The buds are beginning to open.
Location: Thomson,Ga.
Date: 2013-02-12
The peduncle beginning to grow the umbrel.
Location: Thomson,Ga.
Date: 2012-09-28
a penduncle just beginning to grow.
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Comments:
  • Posted by tabbycat (Youngsville, LA - Zone 9b) on Jun 11, 2018 7:47 PM concerning plant:
    I recently bought a small 6" hanging pot with 3 starts at a local plant sale. I've had the green leafed one with creamy flowers for about 15 years, so just had to have this colorful one with burgundy stems and leaf edges that makes a pink flower. Hoyas do very well hanging under my porch where they get filtered morning sun only and water I give them when needed. It's 6-11-18 and my green one has been sending out new growth for a month, so I'll have flowers this summer. They are so pretty hanging over the edge of the oversized hanging basket it grows in. About once a year in fall I give it a haircut to keep it in bounds, and I use the cuttings to root new plants to share or trade.
  • Posted by plantladylin (Sebastian, Florida - Zone 10a) on Sep 30, 2011 10:14 AM concerning plant:
    I received my original 'rubra' in a small 4" pot from elderly friends in 1976. I didn't know it was a Hoya, only a plant called "Wax Plant" because of the waxy looking flowers. The plant grew rapidly, to the point where I had two very large containers with trellises for the vines to climb. I lost one of the large plants last winter but the remaining one still grows strong and currently has a few buds. The plant originally had the variegated foliage but over the years has reverted back to the solid green color.

    I live in East Central Florida, where it's hot in the summertime and humid year round. My plant stays outside on a screened deck, and in the winter when we have cold nights I move the container up against the side of the house and throw a blanket over it for warmth. I grow this plant in a fast draining, chunky potting medium (consisting of lots of orchid bark mix with a little potting soil incorporated). I grow the plant fairly dry, watering every couple of weeks.
Plant Events from our members
skylark On July 1, 2023 Bloomed
bloomed (1 in JC, smaller one in Miami)
skylark On March 15, 2020 Cuttings took
the old plant declined, have 1 variegated left; 1 plain green sport, and 1 mixed pot
skylark On October 14, 2014 Obtained plant
2 2 " pots
tabbycat On December 25, 2022 Miscellaneous Event
Brought in because of freeze but back out it turned pink on leaves & is sending out new growth.
tabbycat On April 25, 2021 Bloomed
Just one but plant is in a growth cycle & has burgundy stems & pink marbling on leaves
tabbycat On August 20, 2020 Bloomed
1st bloom ever on my hanging plant. I took pictures of the pale pink flower.
tabbycat On July 17, 2019 Cuttings stuck
Took three 6" cuttings off ends of 18" long growth since obtaining it to root in a pot of moist soil..
hlutzow On September 18, 2019 Obtained plant
cuttings
MySecretIslandGarden On January 21, 2023 Maintenance performed
Bakers Rack on Lanai.
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