The Hibiscus That Won't Die
@PainsOnSlate (21852)
Canada
October 30, 2016 7:00am CST
That's a good thing but unusual for me.
I have a way of killing all my indoor plants. Honestly I don't know why. Except I forget to water them...a minor problem...NOT.
We are expecting a freeze or frost any day now and my front Bay Window is growing green.
The photo is of a hibiscus given to me on my Birthday years ago and it just gets bigger and bigger...
We have split it a few times and have shared the plant with neighbors and family and this beautiful thing takes a licking and keeps on ticking like that watch advertisement.
So far the hibiscus is the only bloomer in the window, but I noticed my husband is bringing in his herbs too. There are a few more big plants in the yard and I think I'll put them at the end of the driveway with a free sign.
My hoya is spreading in other areas of my home but has never bloomed. I've shared it with family and friends too and they all get blooms so maybe it will join the hibiscus in the window to see if I can get it to bloom.
Anybody here with a hoya that blooms? I need some tips on how to get mine to bloom
It is getting colder and my windows are getting full of green...Winter is not far away.
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@PainsOnSlate (21852)
• Canada
31 Oct 16
The hoya has a lovely bloom if you can get it to bloom, its has a sweet aroma and the only bad part is the blooms drips sticky stuff when I 'm lucky enough to get a bloom I put a paper on the floor under the bloom. And I agree, the Hibiscus is loyal to me!
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@ElusiveButterfly (45940)
• United States
30 Oct 16
My hoya has bloomed a few times. I am always pleasantly surprised when I see the blooms. The plant belonged to a dear friend of mine who passed away about 10 years ago. This is one of my favorite plants. I remember the joy this plant brought my dear friend. I was one of her favorites too.
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@ElusiveButterfly (45940)
• United States
2 Nov 16
@PainsOnSlate I have to find that sweet spot for mine too. When my husband puts in the new window in the kitchen there will be enough room for my plants. I believe that will be the best place for the hoya.
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@PainsOnSlate (21852)
• Canada
1 Nov 16
My hoya came from a good friend who moved from Canada to England. It is a favorite but in this house (for 10 years) it hasn't bloomed. In my other house it bloomed every year. I need to find a better area and see if it will bloom in the spring.
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@PainsOnSlate (21852)
• Canada
3 Nov 16
@ElusiveButterfly Let me know if you get blooms. My kitchen and dinning room are facing west, I don't have room in the kitchen but the Dining room has lots of place, I'm going to move it there...
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@PainsOnSlate (21852)
• Canada
30 Oct 16
I get the morning sun, there is a big oak tree right outside the window but the leaves will be gone for the winter so lots of light.
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@Juliaacv (51110)
• Canada
30 Oct 16
@PainsOnSlate One day I will get a hibiscus and I will keep it in an East-facing window-thanks!
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@LadyDuck (471573)
• Switzerland
4 Nov 16
@PainsOnSlate I only have one orchid that I keep in the kitchen.
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@PainsOnSlate (21852)
• Canada
4 Nov 16
I always have something in the house, don't know why because I often forget to water them but i do like them. My mother always believed plants clean the air and are healthy. I just looked it up...and she was right...who knew?
Adding indoor plants to your home or office could transform your environment into a more positive space. Learn about the social, health, and physical benefits.
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@AbbyGreenhill (45494)
• United States
30 Oct 16
If I had a big window like that it would be loaded with plants - I have a beautiful hanging plant that is going to die as soon as we have a frost, but I don't have many sunny windows, so it will just have to die.
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@PainsOnSlate (21852)
• Canada
1 Nov 16
That window is full every winter but they all go outside for the summer. If I didn't have the window I probably would not have the plants.
@amadeo (111938)
• United States
4 Nov 16
@PainsOnSlate not sure that is greener.Maybe luck?
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@PainsOnSlate (21852)
• Canada
4 Nov 16
Your thumb must be greener than mine. Good that you have the color in your house.
@rebelann (112888)
• El Paso, Texas
4 Nov 16
@PainsOnSlate but you gotta admit you'd rather not suffer our long hot dry summers.1 person likes this
@PainsOnSlate (21852)
• Canada
4 Nov 16
@rebelann I do admit that, I like living in the north. The only time I like the south is during our winter.
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@PainsOnSlate (21852)
• Canada
4 Nov 16
Yah, rub it in - you are so far south you don't have an idea of what its like to be covered in snow in October. My sister had that happen this year...thankfully it didn't visit us.
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@hereandthere (45645)
• Philippines
30 Oct 16
our hibiscus (gumamela) is yellow, too, with a red center and flowers faithfully, but our climate is tropical so it's outside. i hope yours keep growing even while indoors until it's time to it out again.
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@PainsOnSlate (21852)
• Canada
3 Nov 16
I've had it for three years, I hope every winter it will make it to spring.
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@crazyhorseladycx (39509)
• United States
31 Oct 16
'tis gorgeous! i'd love to gimme a cuttin' 'f both 'f those, hon. the hubs killed my yellow hibiscus when he went 'nto denial last autumn 'n thought puttin' all my 'tender' plants'n the garage. t'was a brilliant plan 'til the sun didn't show fer a few days'n the temps plummeted. lost quite a few from that... he's buildin' me a greenhouse this year, the main part 'tis done anyhow. i've doubts he'll get such a feat completed 'fore frost arrives. ya know, coz he's prone to procrastinatin'?
i've already forewarned him that if'n my plants die from such, i'll be gettin' all new next year. which he don't mind that thought, nor the spendy prospect 'f such. i can't get 'em 'nto the house myself, some're quite huge. 'n then there's all the neighbors i need to figure what to do with...
some folks from 'cross the great waters 're comin' here'n december (yippee! can't wait!) so's gettin' the son out here to haul 'em indoors's out - gonna need my guests not feelin' like they're'n a flower shop, lol.
don't reckon i've e'er grown a hoya? ya might do a search 'nline to see what makes 'em happy :) big hugs!
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@crazyhorseladycx (39509)
• United States
4 Nov 16
@PainsOnSlate he's been'n 'stall mode' fer the past week'n a half. i've told him that if'n my plants perish he'll be replacin' e'ery one...'n then some. he don't give a hoot sadly. he loves wastin' money buyin' plants!
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@PainsOnSlate (21852)
• Canada
4 Nov 16
I would love a greenhouse but no room, I love our house and the view of mother nature in the back, there is government protected green space and a ravine.. I hope your guy gets it done for you., if he slows down remind him you will have to buy new ones next spring...
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@sueznewz2 (10409)
• Alicante, Spain
30 Oct 16
the hibiscus looks nice I lkme the colour...i've not sen an orange one before... sorry can't be off any help with plants at all...
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@PainsOnSlate (21852)
• Canada
1 Nov 16
I'm going to get that hoya to bloom, but its a huge plant and needs to be moved.
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@MarshaMusselman (38865)
• Midland, Michigan
3 Nov 16
i have that same problem, or have for the past several years anyway, forgetting to water my indoor plants. Partly that's due to me working two jobs and partly because I was watering my mom's plants at her apart weekly but then forgetting to do mine when I came home. Now, I'm watering mine and hers that I've inherited, although she's still alive but in a place that doesn't need more plants. Mine are finally doing better again.
I don't have hoya's, so don't know much about them.
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@MarshaMusselman (38865)
• Midland, Michigan
5 Nov 16
@PainsOnSlate If you use a calendar or lists, then you just need to add that task to either one until you get into the habit of doing it on a regular basis. For whatever reason, I'm now doing it consistently when before I never remembered. I can't imagine that it's because I'm not watering the plants at my mom's place. My time isn't any different at least not yet.
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@PainsOnSlate (21852)
• Canada
4 Nov 16
I have no excuse, I work at home, I see them every day and should not forget to water them...I'll have to pick a day and water them every week on that day...but I probably wouldn't remember the day either...
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@DianneN (247186)
• United States
30 Oct 16
My hoyas bloom with pretty lavender flowers, then the deer eat them. They just bloom. There is no way I can get my hibiscuses to live and bloom after I buy them for parties. We do have hibiscuses in our yard that do well no matter what. Perhaps I should just leave my potted ones alone.
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@PainsOnSlate (21852)
• Canada
3 Nov 16
I am going to work on getting my hoya to bloom this coming spring., I just have the one Hibiscus, it was a gift years ago and I'm very surprised it is still living...
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@PainsOnSlate (21852)
• Canada
1 Nov 16
The hoya is a beautiful plant you can see the link to it above. This plant goes into the ground during the summer but we have to dig it up for the winter. It would die with our snow.
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@PainsOnSlate (21852)
• Canada
1 Nov 16
@jennyjoy Not all of them but this one likes to grow in the ground. Next year it will have to be split and I'll give half of it away.
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@jennyjoy (1957)
• Bangalore, India
1 Nov 16
@PainsOnSlate It is thriving indoors. You actually pot your plants for the winter and then put them into the ground every summer?
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@Gita17112016 (3611)
• Trinidad And Tobago
9 Dec 16
That's great tenacity for living and surviving! Maybe it likes a challenge?
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@PainsOnSlate (21852)
• Canada
9 Dec 16
I 'm just happy it likes living in my home.
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@PainsOnSlate (21852)
• Canada
10 Dec 16
@Gita17112016 Aw... what a sweet thing to say!
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@Gita17112016 (3611)
• Trinidad And Tobago
9 Dec 16
@PainsOnSlate I think so too...must be the warmth of the people surrounding it.
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@salonga (27775)
• Philippines
1 Nov 16
The hibiscus is a very tough plant. It is like it could live forever. We have no Hoya but I saw this plant in full bloom at my classmates house when I was in elementary school and that was so long ago. I even picked some flowers and gave them to my mother.
. I even picked some flowers and gave them to my mother.1 person likes this
@PainsOnSlate (21852)
• Canada
4 Nov 16
They are beautiful blooms but they tend to be sticky and often drop syrup of some sort on my floor.. the hoya, that is. Of course I've lived in this house over 10 years now and it has never bloomed in this house.. I love the blooms on the hibiscus too...
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@silvermist (19702)
• India
30 Oct 16
@PainsOnSlate I do not have any plants now.Your Hibiscus plant and the flowers look beautiful.
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@PainsOnSlate (21852)
• Canada
31 Oct 16
Thanks, it is healthy and a prolific producer of blooms...
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@PatZAnthony (14749)
• Charlotte, North Carolina
1 Nov 16
No hoya here!
Love bringing in the plants this time of year, Everything looks so festive.
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@PainsOnSlate (21852)
• Canada
1 Nov 16
Usually that is what I am too, I bring them in in the winter but often forget to water them... I will try to get my hoya to bloom by moving it...
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@PainsOnSlate (21852)
• Canada
4 Nov 16
I hope it makes it over the winter but right now its healthy.
@PainsOnSlate (21852)
• Canada
5 Nov 16
That's good to know, Mine has been 10 years and no bloom.
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