: any of a genus (Hoya) of climbing Asian and Australian evergreen shrubs of the milkweed family
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Original price: $16 Bubble Skincare Slam Dunk Hydrating Moisturizer uses natural ingredients like aloe leaf juice and hoya lacosuna flower extract to deeply hydrate and restore essential nutrients for dry to normal skin.
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Nora Colomer, FOXNews.com, 28 Mar. 2025
Locate the hoya’s nodes, which are found along the entire vine.
—Sheryl Geerts, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Feb. 2025
Use the following step-by-step guide to propagate hoya plants from cuttings rooted in water or layered in soil.
—Sheryl Geerts, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Feb. 2025
Count on these easy-to-grow trailers to cascade over the side of a pot: hoya, inch plant, ivy, satin pothos, string of pearls.
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—Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 Feb. 2025
Put a hoya in a hanging planter by a sunny window and let its vines trail down, or train them to grow up a bookshelf, window, or archway.
—Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Dec. 2024
Perhaps the cutest, as well as the easiest is the Sweetheart hoya (Hoya kerrii).
—Dawn Pettinelli, Hartford Courant, 7 Feb. 2024
Keep your Sweetheart hoya leaf in a bright sunny spot with temperatures in the 60 to 80 degree F range and water when dry.
—Dawn Pettinelli, Hartford Courant, 7 Feb. 2024
Homesick Thank You, Mom Candle $28.50 $38.00 Homesick $38.00 Barnes and Noble $38.00 Paper Source Hoya Heart Plant This single-leaf hoya thrives in bright direct light and requires watering every two to three weeks, according to The Sill.
—Lindsay Schneider, NBC News, 4 Apr. 2023
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Nora Colomer, FOXNews.com, 28 Mar. 2025
Locate the hoya’s nodes, which are found along the entire vine.
—Sheryl Geerts, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Feb. 2025
Use the following step-by-step guide to propagate hoya plants from cuttings rooted in water or layered in soil.
—Sheryl Geerts, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Feb. 2025
Count on these easy-to-grow trailers to cascade over the side of a pot: hoya, inch plant, ivy, satin pothos, string of pearls.
4.
—Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 Feb. 2025
Put a hoya in a hanging planter by a sunny window and let its vines trail down, or train them to grow up a bookshelf, window, or archway.
—Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Dec. 2024
Perhaps the cutest, as well as the easiest is the Sweetheart hoya (Hoya kerrii).
—Dawn Pettinelli, Hartford Courant, 7 Feb. 2024
Keep your Sweetheart hoya leaf in a bright sunny spot with temperatures in the 60 to 80 degree F range and water when dry.
—Dawn Pettinelli, Hartford Courant, 7 Feb. 2024
Homesick Thank You, Mom Candle $28.50 $38.00 Homesick $38.00 Barnes and Noble $38.00 Paper Source Hoya Heart Plant This single-leaf hoya thrives in bright direct light and requires watering every two to three weeks, according to The Sill.
—Lindsay Schneider, NBC News, 4 Apr. 2023
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“Hoya.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hoya. Accessed 10 Apr. 2025.
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