I am so impressed with an old Hoya Carnosa that I have. It was getting long and scraggly so I took some cuttings. I expected them to take a little longer than normal since we are heading into the thick of winter. I have a few pots of Hoya Carnosa around the house, from different sources, so I wanted to do something a little different with this plant. Most of my hoya's are in 4 inch pots, a few are in 6 inch, but the pot I wanted to use is quite large, maybe a 12 inch terracotta pot. But this pot, well it is a special pot. I made this pot with mirror tiles, and did it as a mosaic. Now I think it has the coolest look too it, so I thought a nice ol' hoya carnosa would look really pretty in it, whether or not it ever flowered. But the pot was so big.........so what I did was fill a little more than half with Styrofoam popcorn, then added some of my potting medium to the upper four or five inches. So I am positive there is awesome drainage, and there isn't so much of an over potting issue.
So I took these cuttings only a couple weeks ago, and already there are quite firmly rooted in their pot. I am impressed. So I put my bamboo hoop in the pot because I have intentions of making this more of a floor plant to display.
Well I think it is looking quite nice already. I figured I would record the event online, so that I can see what it looks like in a few months.
Monday, November 26, 2007
Carnosa Cuttings in my Mosaic Pot
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2 comments:
It is a cool-looking pot. Personally, I might have been more inclined to move up an established plant, rather than to try to start a new one from cuttings in such a large pot, but so long as you remember the situation when you're watering, it could work.
I haven't personally found it to be the case that Hoya slow down a lot during winter; mine have been speeding up, if anything, and last winter, my Hoya (carnosa 'Krimson Queen') was one of only two or three plants that was growing at all for me.
I had a more established plant in it, but I didnt really like the plant, and I love the pot.....lol. I knew it was a bit risky, but knowing that hoya carnosa is a pretty steady grower, I figured it was worth a try. It is my first decorative plant that I have really given thought to plant and pot. Most of my other plants are in plain Jane plastic pots, or terra cotta, so I wanted to mix it up. Thanks for the comment!!
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