More Hoya Photographs

Here are two more of our hoyas.  They’ve done so well this year. I really love the Hoya minibelle.  It is a very smart looking plant with long thin leaves, it’s a really good variety for a hanging basket and it gets covered in cute umbels of small flowers.  

Hoya minbelle

We have a large plant of Hoya obovata and this season it was just covered in long lines of flowers.  The leaves on obovata are lovely as well, very rounded, with the grey flecks that a lot of different hoyas have.

Hoya obovata

Obovata Plant

 

Hoya cinnamomifolia

In my opinion this is one of our most beautiful hoyas. The plant itself is nothing really special, it has very large, widely spaced leaves with only one leaf on each of the nodes. But the flower is absolutely stunning.  This hoya flowered in early December and is now having a second wind with dozens of flowers coming on the plants.   Originally this particular hoya originated in Java.

Hoya cinnamomifolia

Sunday, Sunday

Ah, Sunday.  A day for sorting out taxes, mowing the lawn and making chicken curry.  The summer has finally returned with toasty warm air and literally not a cloud in the sky.  Good times. 

I’ve been going through the photographs of the hoyas and resizing them to put in the blog.  They are still flowering away in the greenhouse, with so many varieties there is a long period that something is in flower.  The fungii start first and the season finishes with the australis which haven’t even begun to come out yet. 

Hoya arnottiana

  Following on from yesterdays photo, here a couple more of the Hoya pubicalyx cultivars that we have. 

Hoya pubicalyx c.v. Red Buttons

Hoya pubicalyx c.v. Jungle Gardens

They are all very beautiful.  Hope to add some more photographs and information tomorrow.  It’s not all about hoyas though and usually we are doing lots of jobs in the nursery as well.  Off to the hospital tomorrow in Whangarei so probably won’t get much done then either.

Welcome

Great, so I managed to get a few things sorted for the blog.  Nice photo header if I do say so myself.  Well we have had a good start to the year.  The nursery has had a MAJOR sort out over the summer and is looking fabulous.  We have been open to the public only by appointment until now but intend opening 5 days a week, Wednesday to Sunday from the beginning of March.

Our hoyas have had a fantastic flowering season.  A few that had not flowered before such as the Hoya pubicalyx c.v. “Royal Hawaiian Purple”  have done so and what a beauty that particular one is.  Can I get a photo below?  I’ll give it a go.

Hoya pubicalyx c.v. Royal Hawaiian Purple

Ok success, that was easier than I thought it might be.  We had a lovely visit from a gardening group on the 10th of January and were encouraged by their enthusiasm.  Thanks for coming guys, the hoyas were in full display and we hope that you enjoy the plants that you took away with you.

Well that’s my first proper post, hope that someone gets a chance to read it.  I have lots of lovely photos from the summer flowering season so have plenty to post in the future.  Enjoy your day!