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Field Guide · Hoya
Forgiving vines that still earn their place on a serious shelf — splash, sheen, wax, and bloom.
The old reliable, but the cream-edged sport keeps it interesting. New growth flushes pink under good light before settling to cream and green, and mature plants throw the classic pink-and-red porcelain umbels. It tolerates a missed watering, a cool windowsill, and the kind of dry winter air that finishes off finickier Hoya. Give it a trellis and it climbs; let it trail and it behaves.
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