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Field Guide · Hoya
The sweetheart hoya is a real climbing vine with thick succulent foliage, fragrant umbels, and several variegated forms worth growing on their own merits.
The standard species, native from southern China through Thailand into Java. Mature vines push leaves 5–6 cm across on woody stems that will climb a pole or trail several meters. Flowers are tight ball-shaped umbels of fuzzy cream-and-burgundy stars, lightly fragrant at night. Worth growing in its own right, not just as a curiosity.
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