Hoya Care for Beginners

Growing Joy with Plants - Wellness Rooted in Nature, Houseplants, Gardening and Plant Care

Maria Failla- Happy Plant Lady and Author of Growing Joy: The Plant Lover's Guide to Cultivating Happiness

Education, How To, Health & Fitness, Mental Health, Home & Garden, Leisure

4.8 • 883 Ratings

🗓️ 10 September 2024

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

There are so many different reasons to love hoyas, plant friends. They are gorgeous, drought-tolerant, and relatively easy to care for once you nail down a few key tips! Hoyas had a moment on social media in 2021 and 2022 due to their incredible diversity—Hoyas can look so different from each other, and if you’re a curious plant collector (see which one are you with my plant personality test), this is the perfect genus for you!

In this ongoing mini-series, I’ll take you through how to care for hoyas indoors and I will also introduce you to my favorite Proven Winners varieties!

In this episode, we learn:

[01:27] Why is Hoya the perfect plant?
[03:12] How Hoya became part of my wedding!
[03:49] Where can you find Hoyas?
[04:43] Hoya care: lighting
[06:01] Hoya care: watering
[07:14] Hoya care: soil
[08:05] Hoya care: humidity
[08:31] Hoya care: potting
[09:38] How to get your Hoya to bloom
[12:18] How to trellis your Hoya
[14:03] My favorite Proven Winners leafjoy™ Hoyas?

Mentioned in our conversation:

For my proven and tested tips on hoya care,

check out the full show notes and blog here!

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Proven Winners

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Find plant joy in leafjoy™. Head to provenwinners.com to find your local leafjoy™ dealer and let me know which plant you take home on socials!

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Transcript

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0:00.0	If you are interested in growing plants for either gorgeous leaves,
0:04.3	gorgeous leaves shape, flowers or scent,
0:08.7	stay tuned because Hoya is the answer to your prayers. Welcome to the Growing Joy with Plants Podcast,
0:18.0	where we not only learn how to care for plants successfully, but how to simply
0:24.6	and affordably use our plant babies to cultivate more joy in our lives by doing so.
0:29.8	I'm Maria, former plant killer turned happy plant lady,
0:33.1	author of Growing Joy, the Plant Lover's Guide to
0:35.0	to Cultivating Happiness, Speaker,
0:36.7	Podcaster, and most importantly,
0:38.8	your new best plant friend.
0:40.2	On Growing Joy with Plants,
0:41.5	you'll find conversations about house plant care, gardening tutorials and wellness through the lens of plants.
0:47.0	Plant Care is self-care.
0:50.0	On Growing Joy. I'm growing joy.
1:01.7	Hello, plant friends. Welcome. If you're new here, I'm Maria. I am here to help you care for plants successfully and grow more joy in your life while doing so.
1:04.3	And if you're a repeat listener, welcome back. I am so honored to be a part of your plant-parent journey and help you care for plants and grow joy. Welcome back to this ongoing mini series on the
1:14.7	podcast called Growing Joy with Leaf Joy. I've partnered with proven winners
1:18.6	Leaf Joy to bring high quality educational podcasts to you to ensure you have a thriving indoor
1:25.2	oasis of the perfect plants for you. And what more perfect plant than the Hoya?
1:29.6	Gosh, there are so many different reasons I love Hoya. They are so
1:34.0	gorgeous. They are so drought tolerant. They are pretty easy to care for with just a
1:37.9	few things which we're going to dive into. There's one massive tip for Hoya
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