Hoya Carnosa “Wax Plant”

Hoya carnosa, also known as the Wax Plant or Porcelain Plant, is a small plant best displayed in a hanging pot or trailing over the edges of a pot on a shelf.

This plant has attractive, waxy leaves with subtle variegation, and will produce nectar-rich little pinkish-white flowers in small clusters. These are quite fragrant, especially at night, and have quite thick petals, that look as if they could have been moulded from clay – hence one of its common names – the porcelain plant.

The Hoya genus was named after Thomas Hoy, who was the head gardener to the Duke of Northumberland at Syon House in the late 18th Century, and this species has been in cultiavation as a houseplant for over 200 years All our potted plants come in compostable coir pots.