I had a small cutting of this which was doing well for a long time, but never really seemed to grow. I went home one day and it had just died. All the leaves seemed to have fallen off at once and it was toast. Sad too as it's such an adorable little plant.

Hi Tish....I have been growing 'Holliana' for about a year now. I grow it in a hanging basket letting the vines drape over the pot. It has doubled in size in the year since having it. I don't water but once a month during the winter, and then once it starts warming up and I see signs of new growth, then I start watering more often and fertilizing(all my Hoya's). Also all my Hoya's are growing out in the screened in Florida room. I haven't put any outside because I really don't have any shade trees to hang them from :( I like 'Holliana' for it's smaller compact size and varigation, and curly leaves,and for being a well behaved compact plant. Alot of people pass this plant up because it looks too much like the carnosa tricolor. I'm hope to see some blooms this year.

Thank you k0okie and ladygreensleeves for responding. I got a small rooted cutting of Holliana early last Fall and I say "rooted" lightly. It put out five or six new leaves after a couple of months and then about two weeks ago they fell off. I moved it to an east facing sliding door by my Krimson Queen at that point because she (Krimson Queen) is growing vigorously. So I was looking for what window direction you were growing it in. Also the watering is important. So you water it like your Krimson Queen or less often? Mine was in a tiny ceramic pot and since it was growing and the soil was drying more quickly, I moved it to a 6" hanging basket. It looks like it is getting two new vines at the ends of two different stems, but then again, they could be leaves. Either way, new growth is new growth. I cannot believe more people don't care for it. Its leaves are so tiny and look just like little holly leaves, but variegated. I love it and I hope it takes off now.

Thanks again!!!

Tish

Hi Tish.....My Florida room gets a SE exposure to the sun. During the summer it is shaded by a Cherry Jubilee Allamanda that gets pretty big and full of blooms. So the room gets lots of filtered shade. During the winter it gets full sun ,because I trim the Allamanda way back. This winter because of the unusual cold we have had I had to hang plastic up. I kinda created a greenhouse effect. It would heat up nicely during the day with temps reaching into the 70's and 80's and dropping down to the 30's and 40's at night. Sometimes I would run humidifiers all night and day for added warmth and moisture.
Also most of my Hoya's are in 4 in. pots including the 'Holliana' if it's grown bigger or become a heavy vined hoya then it's potted into a 6 in. pot. I have a few in 8 in. pots. Only once they become root bound and need a soil change do I move them up to a larger pot and just one pot size at a time. I water most of them when they have that dry look to the soil at 3 to 4 weeks. Some can go longer between watering some need to be watered at 2 weeks or thereabouts. I do misting and foliar feeding between waterings.

Hi Tish,

FYI, moving a hoya from a tiny pot to a 6" pot is WAYYYY too big a move & likely to risk rotting if you water it a bit too much. The larger amount of soil retains water longer than the small rooted plants can take it up; this CAN result in the plant suffocating as it can't get air w/ all that extra moisture still in the mix. At least that's what I've been taught about overpotting plants.

As stated above, pot size is best increased only ONE SIZE at a time. Only my oldest & largest Hoyas go into 4-5" pots, doubtful I even have a 6" pot w/ a Hoya.

Here is a picture that includes my 'Holliana' along with seveval other hoya's all of differant sizes and pots.I need to take a better picture of 'Holliana' for you Tish.... She is hard to get to, and we have been having severe storms these past two days.

'Holliana' the plant squeezed into the photo in the bottom left. In the top left is Archiboldiana in a 6 in pot, she has thick,long vines. I water this hoya in 6 week intervals during the winter. This hoya require dry conditions during the winter to achieve blooming conditions. I have discovered a penduncle forming on one of the new vines, if you look closely you can see it sticking up to the top right of the plant. Right next to her is Meliflua in a 8 in pot. Bigger the plant, bigger the pot. However I bought Meliflua in that pot last spring. And it's a heavy plant with long vines. Followed by another 6 in pot. Then the second and third rows are mostly all 4 in pots. Sometimes those 4in. pots have rooted plants in smaller more shallow 2-4 in pots. And I mix up my own combination chunky potting mix for good drainage.

Very NICE hoyas you got there LGS!! We did have some nice rain yesterday...over 2 1/2" here for me. I think you guys got it worse than I did. My lawn and trees were loving it! Thanks for the picture.

Thanks Pug....We had some heavy rains that started one afternoon and ended the next evening. Lots of street flooding, retention ponds are overflowing, canals are up. Was needed....sure does make everything green up nicely.

Tish.....heres a different picture of my Holliana for you,it was starting to get dark out so the lighting isnt the greatest. Potted from a 4 in. standard pot to the 4 in. hanging deep pot now for close to a year.

Thank you so much LGS for taking the time to take pictures and posting them. I knew that I potted up a bit too big, but it is getting a couple new leaves or vines, so hopefully it will take off now. I think moving it to the east-facing slider really helped. Your's Holliana is so beautiful!!! I really think this hoya is adorable. Please do post pictures if you get some blooms...

Tish

I have a H. Carnosa Holliana, just got it from Ebay.

The soil is so fast-draining I have to water her 2 times a week because the leaves are starting to shrivel.

Can't wait to see the blooms.