A successful design decision - landscaping an apartment with the help of Hoya Kerry

According to the popular Chinese teachings of Feng Shui, the flower of Hoya Kerry is considered a charm of the hearth and well-being in the family. In order for the plant to protect the house from adversity, it is better to place it in the bedroom.

And also the tropical guest is a symbol of love. Enterprising Dutch people root the leaf in small pots. Due to its unusual heart-shaped form, hoyas are sold on holiday for all lovers.

It is believed that the tropical beauty combines the masculine and feminine and contributes to the harmony and atmosphere of romanticism in the house. Thanks to the appearance of hoya in the family, love will never fade.

Description and popular varieties

Hoya Kerry belongs to the genus of tropical vines. Its homeland is considered to be Polynesia, the southern regions of Asia, Australia. The main distinguishing feature of this plant is a leaf in the shape of a heart. Stem shoots grow considerable length, therefore, require support and support. In the natural habitat, vines lead an epiphytic lifestyle, using trees and large shrubs as props.

This variety, in turn, has a number of subspecies that differ in color and shape of foliage, variegated plants have leaves with variegated spots:

• Hoya kerrii is the usual green color of foliage.
• Hoya kerrii Spotted Leaves - speckled leaves.
• Hoya kerrii Variegata - yellow variability is observed in the center of the leaf plate.
• Hoya kerrii Albomarginata - a light border is visible along the edge of the sheet.
• Hoya kerrii Spot center - an elongated sheet shape with a motley color in the center.
• Hoya kerrii Spot margin - leaves with a white edge and a green middle.

Flowers, in turn, are yellow, pink, white, red. The brightness of the color can be affected by the intensity of the light. In adults, more nectar is released, which leads to darkening of the shades. Flowers are collected in umbrella-shaped inflorescences. Their size is 1-2 cm in length. During flowering, the needles carry a pleasant, persistent aroma.

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Home Care

This variety of hoya is not popular among gardeners, in view of not a long life. Kerry plant in flower shops is extremely rare and is not cheap. Usually, simpler copies are available.

• Temperature. Tropical beauty hails from warm, exotic places. Therefore, cold suffers quite difficult. During the period of active vegetation, the temperature regime is needed in the range of + 17-22 ° C. She is able to tolerate even higher temperatures, only plentiful watering and high humidity are needed. But in winter and autumn, the plant should be placed in a cooler place. Lower the temperature to + 18-16 ° C, but not lower. In other words, room temperature is enough for a koi curry, but with the condition of ventilation.
• Location selection and lighting. For the Kerry variety, diffused sunlight is needed, the plant should be hidden from direct rays. It is very important to protect the flower from the sun in the hot summer months, otherwise the drying out of the leaves can not be avoided. It is better to choose window sills from the western side. The scorching rays of the south side can burn the foliage.

  Good, but diffuse lighting allows the plant to bloom and produce peduncles in each internode annually. And also reach significant size. Remember that during flowering sugar nectar forms, which drips onto the windowsill and leaves sticky spots.

• Humidity. Special parameters in the room for Hoya Kerry do not need to be created. Even with low humidity it grows well. However, water procedures are not superfluous: spraying, a warm shower, which are best done every week. It is important that water does not fall on the flowers, or you need to immediately wipe the water drops, otherwise dark spots will remain. Daily ventilation of the room is recommended.
• Watering. Hoya kerry often does not need to be moistened. It is enough for her to receive a certain amount of liquid 1 time per week. If there is a suspicion that this amount of moisture is not enough, then pay attention to the condition of the foliage. Sluggish leaves indicate an oversupply, and shriveled, on the contrary, a lack of watering. In the cold season, the amount of water is necessarily reduced. Once every 2 weeks - such watering will be enough. Use soft, settled water for procedures without impurities and salts. Preferably warm or at room temperature.
• Fertilizers and fertilizers. Fertilize the soil for exotics during flowering. Mineral preparations are mainly used for flowering cacti or succulents. It is important that potassium is included. The number of dressings is strictly regulated. It is advised to produce no more than one per month. Since an overabundance of minerals adversely affects the condition of the flower. In the cold period, it is better to refuse top dressing.
• The soil. A newly acquired plant, it is important to immediately transplant into a more nutritious soil. It is worth the young flower to do the procedure annually, and after that - one transplant in 2-3 years is enough. Hoya also has no complaints about the growth environment. But the most suitable substrate for a tropical guest should have friability, lightness and fertility. No less important are such qualities: breathability and moisture resistance. The optimal composition of the soil mixture for Hoya Kerry is:
  1. turf land;
  2. peat;
  3. humus;
  4. coarse sand.

  It does not hurt to add crushed pine bark and wood ash to the soil. In order to avoid stagnation of the liquid and rotting processes, a drainage layer must certainly be at the bottom of the pot. Expanded clay, broken brick, pebbles, and small gravel are used as drainage.

• Pruning. Hoya Kerry does not like any circumcision. This procedure is needed only during plant disease, when removing the affected foliage. Or for breeding, choose the shoot that never bloomed. In other cases, pruning will only harm the exotic.

Is it possible to grow in open ground?

This variety of hoya is a houseplant. It does not tolerate a sharp change in parameters, lowering temperatures. Therefore, Kerry and subspecies are not intended for cultivation in the open field.

What diseases is Hoya kerrii susceptible to?

Hoya is distinguished by good immunity, therefore it is practically not susceptible to disease. Only in advanced cases, fungal infections are possible. With improper watering - the decay of the root system. Then part of the damaged roots should be amputated, the sections sprinkled with an antiseptic and treated with a systemic fungicide.

In a dry and warm room harmful insects spread quickly without natural air circulation. Among them:

1. mealybug;
2. whitefly;
3. scale shield;
4. spider mite;
5. aphid;
6. thrips.

Pests feed on the plant's juice, as a result of which the flower is depleted, withers, dries, which is a signal of exot feeling unwell. If such neighbors are found, the hoya should be thoroughly treated with an insecticide solution. For the purposes of prevention and gentle treatment, folk remedies are used.

• Garlic infusion.
  1. Finely chopped cloves of garlic weighing 15 g pour 1 liter of warm water.
  2. Allow to stand for a couple of hours, then strain.
  3. Wash the leaves with this mixture or spray the flower.
  4. To improve the therapeutic effect, you can put a plastic bag on the plant and leave it for a day.
• Soap solution. 15 g of laundry soap are dissolved in a liter of warm water. Each leaf is manually wiped with this mixture.

Plant propagation

At home, hoya is theoretically propagated in three main ways.: seeds, cuttings and layering.

• Seed way in practice, do not use at home. By virtue of its not efficiency, not productivity. Rarely enough seeds are planted in a plant, and buying them is a problem. Even if the seed was purchased, it is worth the great effort to grow a young flower.
• Cuttings considered the most common effective method of reproduction. Not always created conditions allow the shoot to take root, this can be expected for more than one month. And flowering will come after 4 years. On the other hand, the Cherenkov method is simple to implement and even beginner flower growers can do. It is possible to get a new copy similar to the mother. No cash investments needed.
• Propagation by layering. On the stems of succulents, you can see aerial roots that easily branch and root. The advantage of this method is the rapid flowering of the sprout, for this he needs less than a year.

Hoya Kerry, like other exotic plants, loves warmth. Therefore, it is important that the flower is not exposed to hypothermia. And she also needs patient and caring owners, because quick growth should not be expected. You need to remember the main thing: do not disturb during rest and maintain humidity in the room. Then after 3 years, the plant will give others its flowering.

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