Indoors
Wax plant
Hoya carnosa
- Cat: not toxic
- Dog: not toxic
- Light: bright, no harsh sun
About the plant
The wax plant comes from East Asia and Australia. It has fleshy leaves and fragrant, star-shaped flowers that look as if made of wax. Old flower spurs should not be cut off, as new flowers grow from them.
Wax plant and pets
- Cat
- not toxic
- Dog
- not toxic
Care
- Watering
- about every 10 days in summer (April to September), every 18 in winter. Let the soil dry out to the bottom.
- Light
- bright, no harsh sun
- Air humidity
- normal
- Temperature
- 15–28 °C
- Feeding
- April to September, every 4 weeks
- Repotting
- every 3 years, in spring
- Grown
- in a pot
Do not cut the flower spurs: it blooms on them again. It likes a snug pot.
This is a rough guide for a flat in Poland. In flowers every plant also has its own watering interval, which learns from how the soil was.