As I was making the rounds in my continual cycle of watering, out of the corner of my eye I noticed some exceptionally bright splash
Month: November 2023
Before the weather began to get seriously cold, I managed to sneak in a few last shipments of hoyas. A couple are new, a couple
It was a nice little plant. The leaves had a bit of splash and a shape that reminded me of bamboo leaves. It adjusted to
Well, the cold season has finally arrived here in southern New England. Overcast, gray days, chilling drizzle, punctuated by the occasional day in the 60s
When I first saw Primulina, Asian Violets, in a video, I searched until I found them. I ordered some; one purple, one blue, and one
I was never really sure about Hoya caudata until I got one; and as soon as I opened the packing, I was sure. I liked
Who doesn’t enjoy new hoya leaves? If you’re one of those people who doesn’t, just keep moving along, ‘cause you won’t find any sympathy here.
I’ve had lousy results with hoya cuttings in prop boxes. Too many cuttings get moldy, or rot, or both. That, of course, means that the
When I discovered the wild and wonderful world that is the Hoya rabbit hole, the first hoya I really wanted was a Hoya obovata. I
It’s not summer, at least not here in southern New England. Summer is but a fond memory. But this beauty, Primulina ‘Summer Song’, has started