kuntrygal
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| Posted: Sun Jan 27, 2008 6:56 pm Post subject: New plants |
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I bought some small plants at WalMart yesterday. Will keep them in the house until I repot them and move them to the deck. I got a Hoya, Purple Passion (fuzzy purple plant), A white and a Green Butterfly, Croton and Hens and Chicks. Now if spring would just hurry up 
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tell me about the Hoya.
Show me .. I wanna see if mine is alike......
thanks
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Oh you've been buying plants!!! That's it ... now I've just got to get out there and see what's on offer.
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kuntrygal
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Barb, it has thick waxy leaves and some of the leaves are varigated, some just green. Needs indirect light and light on the water. The Hoya Carnosa Variegata is a slow grower. I have had this plant in the past and liked it very well. This plant just looked very healthy and 'called my name'
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Thats what happens to me too......They call me by name..........
lol
Actually all were given to me. I have 3 types.
One varigated ......Large.
2 small curlys.........
Not too old.. did yours ever bloom?
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kuntrygal
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It has been so long since I had the Hoya, that I don't remember if it bloomed or not. I liked it, because I thought it was kinda' unusual with the thick leaves. I do like the curly ones,but this one isn't curly  It is just a small starter plant, so I hope it will do good once transplanted to a larger pot.
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| Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2008 12:36 am Post subject: hoya |
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My sister in law has a hoya for years, Varigated and blooms....
Her advice at christmas........It loves to be rootbound.....DO not be in a hurry to transplant that.
And she says it only blooms on the part that is a runner ......Never cut that part off. I have mine only 2 years..........It is growing but not blooming.
I never seen one in bloom..
Yes I love the foilage.....Like no other.
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kuntrygal
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Thanks for the info that the Hoya likes to be root bound. I will transplant into a pot that is only a little bit larger, then work from there.
Gaylyn
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Your quite welcome......
I forgotten to add she had it for maybe 20 years.. She knows for sure.
I was suprised, I never noticed flowers at her home.. But guess we are there mostly in the summer. There lots outside.
Now just found out, one plant I bought in the fall at walmart........is a DUMB CANE..
Do you have the one?
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kuntrygal
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Not right now...have had several in the past and plan on getting one when I see a healthy one. If I am not mistaken, they are toxic to some degree.
Dumb cane ... Diffenbacia (not sure of the spelling)
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Thanks
I read that once it blooms it dies, and you have to start new shoots to make new ones?
I purchased 3 greenery plants last fall, just to amuse me this winter......
Right now one of my christmas cactus is going into bloom.Isnt that odd?
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My Dumbcane never bloomed  You are talking about the plant that resembles a rubber tree plant leaf? Maybe that's why mine never died
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One it blooms they do not die Barb> will see if I can find my picture of mine.The smell of mine is heavenly but jubabes is different and has no smell
but is very pretty.
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Congratulations on your new plants, kuntrygal. We like the Hoya too. The last ones died from spide mite attack I think. We got two new ones now. One variegated and one green. We just bought them, and hope they will flower for us.
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How long does it take before they bloom? One florist told me hers never blooms.
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