This posting is going to be a computation of my Hoyas. They are easy plants to grow if you can get the watering down right, some require more water than others.
I sold some plants on Ebay, this week, some epiphyllums and one of them was a cutting of what I bought as Hoya australis. I also got this plant at Grow Nursery in Cambria, I really need to get him a book on Hoyas, he uses an out of date book to ID his plants. I was told it is not an australis as I'd already suspected, but H. verticillata. It is a beautiful plant which is finally giving me new shoots. I see penduncles on all the plants in the pot, so maybe it won't be too long before I get blooms. I love the feel of it's leaves. They are ridged slightly. I hope the person who gets it is as happy with their little rooted plant as I am with my big plant. 
The next on the list is Hoya kerrii. This is the slowest grower I have. It's put out all of two leaves in the year since I've had it. You can see in the picture it has splashed leaves on one stem and green on the other. I was wondering if I had two different varieties, but never got a response yet. I got this plant at Miner's Hardware in Morro Bay. They are the only hardware store I've seen with Hoyas. They tend to be hard to come by. I had a huge hanging basket of kerriis this winter, but the whole basket died in the frost. This plant I had inside. I just re potted it so it can grow on a trellis. I'm afraid I'll be old and grayer before I see it bloom though.
This is a NOID carnosa I rescued at Oceano Nursery, it also took the frost really bad. When I bought it it was a chocolate brown color from the sun. It was really beautiful. I've since grown it in less light and it's greened out a lot. I potted the green stems from my carnosa Krimson Princess in the same pot as this one, since this is a NOID I hope I can get two different colored blooms. It finally looks like a plant with the two foot stems in the pot. I was surprised to see new growth, so maybe it's recovered enough to bloom sometime next year.
Hoya carnosa "Krimson Princess" is also easy, but it keeps wanting to revert to green. I took out all the green stems and put them in with a NOID carnosa I have. I have had this plant for a few months now and with this heat it's really taking off. I feed my Hoyas Eleanor's VF-11 with each watering. I've cut back on the watering because I've found with the SW pots they really don't dry out all that much. I hope to see this one bloom within the next year or so. i cut it back a bit to compensate for the loss of the green stems, I hope this makes the pot fuller eventually. With as quickly as it's losing it's variegation I need to do something quick.
This is my newest Hoya, Hoya pubicalyx "Red Buttons." I got this one at Grow Nursery also. I have been eyeing this plant for a long time before I finally bought it. You can see where it was grown in darker conditions by the stretched stems. I'm hoping these stop elongating and new stems cover the elongated areas. I know this one is correctly ID'd because it had two tags, one hidden which said "Red Buttons" the other said Hoya species. This one is supposed to have chocolate brown maroon blooms, I can't wait. I haven' seen any penduncles, but that doesn't mean they're not there.
Well there you have it kids, my happy Hoyas. They like it outside. I'll have a mess when it's time to bring them in. This year I won't be leaving any of them outside to get frost damage. I lost two hoyas and a lot of cuttings last year, I hope to not repeat that experience again this year. I hope soon I'll have blooms on some other Hoyas, but for now the shepherdii will have to do.
This is one of my newest hoyas, it has a lot of potential and hopefully some beautiful blooms coming. I bought this as 5 4 in pots and stuck them in an old 8 in pot I had. I hope it fills out soon. It seems to be a slow grower, but I'm hopeful nonetheless. Hoya carnosa compacta is her name and slow growth is her game. I bought her at Hometown Nursery in Paso Robles. 
Hoya shepherdii, my first ever Hoya to bloom, I bought it from Grow Nursery in Cambria as Hoya longifolia. You can tell the difference between the two by the bloom color. Longifolia has pure white blooms shepherdii has a red corona. This is a free blooming variety, which has been in bloom since about 4 months since buying it. I think this is one of my favorites so far.
Hoya shepherdii, my first ever Hoya to bloom, I bought it from Grow Nursery in Cambria as Hoya longifolia. You can tell the difference between the two by the bloom color. Longifolia has pure white blooms shepherdii has a red corona. This is a free blooming variety, which has been in bloom since about 4 months since buying it. I think this is one of my favorites so far.
I sold some plants on Ebay, this week, some epiphyllums and one of them was a cutting of what I bought as Hoya australis. I also got this plant at Grow Nursery in Cambria, I really need to get him a book on Hoyas, he uses an out of date book to ID his plants. I was told it is not an australis as I'd already suspected, but H. verticillata. It is a beautiful plant which is finally giving me new shoots. I see penduncles on all the plants in the pot, so maybe it won't be too long before I get blooms. I love the feel of it's leaves. They are ridged slightly. I hope the person who gets it is as happy with their little rooted plant as I am with my big plant. 
This is my oldest Hoya I've had it for a year now. It is a shame to my growing capabilities. It was a rescue from Hometown Nursery. It had mealies and wasn't doing too well. I took it home, killed the mealies and almost killed it again this winter when it was hit by frost. I did lose some hoyas, but this one survived. It was all the Lord's doing, I would have killed it otherwise. It's not bloomed, and was recently under potted to a in pot. Hoya carnosa "Krimson Queen" is her name, aka Hoya carnosa variegata. I got a couple more hoyas from HTN. You'll meet them later.
The next on the list is Hoya kerrii. This is the slowest grower I have. It's put out all of two leaves in the year since I've had it. You can see in the picture it has splashed leaves on one stem and green on the other. I was wondering if I had two different varieties, but never got a response yet. I got this plant at Miner's Hardware in Morro Bay. They are the only hardware store I've seen with Hoyas. They tend to be hard to come by. I had a huge hanging basket of kerriis this winter, but the whole basket died in the frost. This plant I had inside. I just re potted it so it can grow on a trellis. I'm afraid I'll be old and grayer before I see it bloom though.
This is a NOID carnosa I rescued at Oceano Nursery, it also took the frost really bad. When I bought it it was a chocolate brown color from the sun. It was really beautiful. I've since grown it in less light and it's greened out a lot. I potted the green stems from my carnosa Krimson Princess in the same pot as this one, since this is a NOID I hope I can get two different colored blooms. It finally looks like a plant with the two foot stems in the pot. I was surprised to see new growth, so maybe it's recovered enough to bloom sometime next year.
Hoya carnosa "Krimson Princess" is also easy, but it keeps wanting to revert to green. I took out all the green stems and put them in with a NOID carnosa I have. I have had this plant for a few months now and with this heat it's really taking off. I feed my Hoyas Eleanor's VF-11 with each watering. I've cut back on the watering because I've found with the SW pots they really don't dry out all that much. I hope to see this one bloom within the next year or so. i cut it back a bit to compensate for the loss of the green stems, I hope this makes the pot fuller eventually. With as quickly as it's losing it's variegation I need to do something quick.
This is my newest Hoya, Hoya pubicalyx "Red Buttons." I got this one at Grow Nursery also. I have been eyeing this plant for a long time before I finally bought it. You can see where it was grown in darker conditions by the stretched stems. I'm hoping these stop elongating and new stems cover the elongated areas. I know this one is correctly ID'd because it had two tags, one hidden which said "Red Buttons" the other said Hoya species. This one is supposed to have chocolate brown maroon blooms, I can't wait. I haven' seen any penduncles, but that doesn't mean they're not there.
Well there you have it kids, my happy Hoyas. They like it outside. I'll have a mess when it's time to bring them in. This year I won't be leaving any of them outside to get frost damage. I lost two hoyas and a lot of cuttings last year, I hope to not repeat that experience again this year. I hope soon I'll have blooms on some other Hoyas, but for now the shepherdii will have to do. Monday was my son's 15th birthday, it was fun, even though my husband was laid off and no transportation in sight, we managed to have cake and presents. He and his brother went camping in Yosemite with my mom and brother and will be back on Friday. I hope he has a good time, Monday is my anniversary, it will be 13 years. It is also the anniversary of the Highway 41 fire next week, where we lost everything to arson. People have adjusted their lives to the loss, I'm not sure 13 years is enough time to cope though. Without the Lord, I couldn't do it.
