No results. Is a plant missing? Tell uscontact@wikiplant.net
Hoya kerrii, the sweetheart hoya, is a slow-growing evergreen vine from South-East Asia with stiff, fleshy, heart-shaped leaves about 6cm wide on woody, twining stems. It is best known as a single rooted leaf sold in a small pot, but a full plant is a climber that in summer carries domed clusters of fragrant white flowers with purple centres. Its thick leaves store water, so it forgives a missed watering far more readily than an overwatered pot.
I have this plantSign in to add this plant to your library
As a precaution, keep it out of reach of children and pets.
The single heart-shaped leaf sold for Valentine's Day usually stays a single leaf. A leaf can root and live for years, but it only grows into a vine if a piece of stem with a growth point was taken with it. For a plant that climbs and flowers, buy one that already has a stem and several leaves.
Most single leaves were cut without a piece of stem, and without a stem node there is nothing for new growth to come from. The leaf stays healthy and rooted but does not change. If yours does have a node, growth can still take a year or more to start.
Water moderately while it is growing, letting the compost dry out a good way between waterings, and keep it just moist in winter. The fleshy leaves store water; soft, yellowing leaves mean too much, wrinkled leaves mean too little.
Bright, indirect light, with shade from hot midday sun. In poor light it stops growing and will not flower.
Give a mature, vining plant bright light and leave it in the same pot; hoyas flower best when the roots are a little crowded. Never cut off the short flower stalks after flowering, because new flowers form on the same stalks year after year.
Rarely. Hoyas resent root disturbance and can stay in the same pot for many years. Move it up one size only when the roots have completely filled the pot.
By layering a stem in spring or summer, or from stem cuttings that include at least one node, kept warm until they root. A leaf alone roots but seldom makes a plant.
