Episode 82: growing hoyas (aka the wax plant)
On The Ledge
Jane Perrone
4.8 • 773 Ratings
🗓️ 1 February 2019
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Summary
Hoyas are shooting up the popularity charts, and so they should: these climbing and trailing vines have lovely foliage and flowers that are otherworldy and sometimes heavenly scented. Doug Chamberlain of Vermont Hoyas joins me to discuss his collection, his favourite species and how to care for these enchanting plants.
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| 0:00.0 | Hiya and welcome to On the Ledge podcast. I'm your host Jane Perrone. And no, that wasn't a script error. |
| 0:30.8 | According to the Urban Dictionary, Hoyer is an alternative form of greeting to hi. So that's how I'm going to be starting out my conversations from now on, |
| 0:41.0 | because this week's show is dedicated to the Hoyer plant family. |
| 0:47.2 | And with the help of my guest, Doug Chamberlain of Vermont Hoyers, |
| 0:51.3 | I'll be answering all your Hoyer queries, finding out how to grow these |
| 0:56.2 | wonderful climbing and trailing plants, and immersing ourselves into the wonderful world of the |
| 1:02.6 | wax plant. |
| 1:06.6 | Just a teeny bit of housekeeping before we get started with the show proper. |
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