How I Prune, Propagate & Train My Hoya / Joy Us Garden

How I Prune, Propagate & Train My Stunning Hoya.

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Oh my beautiful, stunning Hoya – how I do love you & how far you’ve come! Literally. I bought you in a 4″ pot years ago at Roger’s Gardens (a horticultural playground) in Corona Del Mar, CA. You came home with me to Santa Barbara where you soon got transplanted into a 6″ pot & then eventually into a low bowl with bamboo hoops.

Fast forward to your a new home in Tucson & your snazzy red 24″ pot and extended bamboo hoops. Here’s how I prune, propagate & train my stunning hoya which is happy as can be & has grown like crazy.

This was much more of a light pruning rather than a heavy pruning. Think of it as a trim as opposed to a haircut. I only used 3 materials: my Fiskar Floral Nips, natural cotton twine & a vase for the cuttings.

I’ve had my floral nips for years love them for projects like this. They’re pointed, sharp & make a clean precise cut which is what you want for any pruning job. The cotton twine is durable, long-lasting and easy to work with but I’ve used jute twine too.

By the way, this gorgeous Hoya carnosa variegata of mine grows outdoors year round. Come spring it puts on a growth surge like most plants do. I basically pruned the trails that were about to hit the patio floor, those stems that were growing back on themselves, thinned out some of the inner growth & the odd few weak stems.

With any pruning job, I do the 1st round on the conservative side. I figure I can always take more growth off but I can’t put it back on!

[CatherineEvans-pj]

What support is it growing on? My Hoya is long vines hanging down. I need to repot but also maybe train it to grow upright like yours. Where do I start?

[nhuuyenle]

Love the informative video! Have you tried growing hoya indoor? I'm in Phoenix so we have the same climate, but I don't have a space outdoor. I have a west window with about 2hrs of direct sunlight late in the afternoon. Thank you!!