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Whilst it is great to have Hoyas outdoors, please take care as they do not like to be baked in direct light.

Whilst I do a lot of the work myself, it is only right that I offer a ‘Thank You’ to everyone that has helped me along the way, including YOU!

Growing and selling Hoya plants is not my full time job, although I would love it to be.

Finally – Is the Summer here? I don’t know what it has been like in your part of the world, but here in the Midlands of the UK the weather has been truly miserable! I really suffered a few weeks ago when a heavy snow fall collapsed my heated greenhouse and put paid to a …

Despite the fact that it has been in the high 20°c’s in the daytime for a decent part of March, night temperatures have remained very low. We haven’t had too many frosts, but the danger of them has been lurking over the last few weeks.

Hoya plant tendrils…..do I cut them off? And other Hoya questions.

The big red button did absolutely nothing. I followed the manufacturer’s instructions and pushed the flow valve to the right before pushing the button, but still no success.

It’s planting time in the vegetable garden again. As ever, I am growing loads of onions, but this year I’m going to plant some onion sets a bit earlier than I normally do.

I have had my Hoya for many years now and only seen it bloom once. It was so fantastic. Why hasn’t it bloomed again?

Cacti are fun to grow and as you will read, very easy to grow from seed. Cacti come in many forms. Some that grow into enormous giants, whilst some that grow painfully slowly.