Variegated Hoya carnosa 'Compacta'
4.6 out of 5 (5 experiences)
Survivor
Large, lush leaves
About Variegated Hoya carnosa 'Compacta'
With over 500 species and even more cultivars, there's a Hoya out there for everyone! They're native to Southeast Asia and their common name, waxplant, refers to their thick, waxy leaves which help them retain water in the heat. They're excellent climbers and will take off if you give them a trellis to grow on. Their other-worldly, star-shaped flowers are often fragrant and come in brilliant shades of red, pink, yellow, and more!
Taxonomy
Hoya carnosa 'Compacta Variegata'
Hoya
Apocynaceae
Gentianales
Also known as
Hoya carnosa variegated, Hoya carnosa 'Compacta Variegata and Hoya carnosa 'Compacta' variegata
How to care for Variegated Hoya carnosa 'Compacta'
How often to water your Variegated Hoya carnosa 'Compacta'
every 12
Variegated Hoya carnosa 'Compacta' needs 0.5 cups of water every 12 when it doesn’t get direct sunlight and is potted in a 5" pot.
Use our water calculator to personalize watering recommendations to your environment or download Greg for more advanced recommendations for all of your plants.
Water 0.5 cups every
12
Finding light for Variegated Hoya carnosa 'Compacta' in your home
a window
Variegated Hoya carnosa 'Compacta' may have difficulty thriving, and will drop leaves 🍃, without ample sunlight.
Place it less than 3 feet from a south-facing window to maximize the potential for growth.
Select your region to see how the current weather in your area affects the placement of Variegated Hoya carnosa 'Compacta' in your home 🏡.
How to fertilize Variegated Hoya carnosa 'Compacta'
Most potting soils come with ample nutrients which plants use to produce new growth.
By the time your plant has depleted the nutrients in its soil it’s likely grown enough to need a larger pot anyway.
To replenish this plant's nutrients, repot your Variegated Hoya carnosa 'Compacta' after it doubles in size or once a year—whichever comes first.
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Good morning☕️🌞 to #TheThread Humpday sure came around fast this week🙌. Its amazing how just making it a 4 day work week speeds🏎️ things along! I ended up having yesterday mostly off. After loading up and driving to my job the painters werent done. I really need to make up for it though and put in a few full days to get back on schedule. Its our coldest morning so far with a temp of 57😍 in kansasland. We have a slight warm up into the mid 80s today but then its back into the 70 s for a week or more. In case you missed them, here are a few of our AMAZING members photos from yesterday. Our first awesome plant pic is from @MariansOasis HOYA HAVEN😍 were she has ANOTHER hoya blooom. This unusual and beautiful hoya multiflora shooting star💫 is showing its love this year with ANOTHER stunning bloom. @MusicalRedmint had a busy and stressful day. When taking Mr Sleepy for his morning walk he all the sudden started hopping and whimpering! After close inspection by her loving hands, she found he had been stung on the paw by a bee😢. The poor little guy is healing up but he will be forced to wear his cone until then😤. Heres to a speedy recovery MR SLEEPY🙏! @Preciousplants1 has been caring for this magnificent ZZ plant at her home. Its gotten so full and green under her expert care. All those perfect little leaves seam to be waving and saying " your the BEST miss Sherri🤗". This absolutely majestic cortelydon australis was shared by @Sassylimey yesterday. This has been living the good life out on her patio. But with fall temps approaching it was time to make space inside for this wonderous beast! After clearing a space for it in her bathroom and hurking it into the house, she finally got it situated in its winter resting spot where im sure it will be sooo happy! That brings us to the end of our post for the day. Hope everyone has a geeat day! And STAY SAFE🥰 #HappyPlants #PlantsMakePeopleHappy #PlantAddict #NewGrowth #GregPlantShop #GregGang #Hoya #HoyaHangout #PetsOfGreg #PetsAndPlants
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Good morning☕️🌞 to #TheThread Its Humpday and im up way to early as usual😤 but atleast it gives me plenty of time for lots of coffee. I already tried to go out to the porch this morning for my first cup but the mosquitos attacked as soon as i sat down😱! So i retreated back to my recliner for this mornings post. AND DAMN IM ITCHY😡🤷♂️😂! They got me GOOD! That little rain we had mustve got them worked up cause theyre usually not out this early. I had a pretty easy day at work yesterday and i was home by 1. I didnt do much after i got home though except nap and sit! I thought about repotting my cutlass and squamaferium philo but didnt ever get that far lol. Oh well maybe after work today. Itch itch itch😤 scratch scratch😡! NO REALLY THEY DESTROYED MY ARMS😂! ..... more coffee pause😍..... ok im back with a FULL cup🙌. We had another awesome day of photos plant tips and great convo yesterday! There were a ton of great pics to browse through but i chose these perfect 5 for this mornings line up👍. Our first photo was shared by @PrizedShadscale from her parents yard full of beautiful flowers. Im not sure of what this is? But gregs calling it a red frangipani. Whatever it is, its AMAZING🤩! I just love that leaf pattern and those simple but elegant white and yellow flowers just draw your eyes in and ignite the imagination. @Sassylimey is on PEDUNCLE WATCH😱! She says her hoya sunrise has 9!!! COUNT EM! 9!! Peduncles on it currently and as she IMPATIENTLY 🤷♂️😂 waits for them to bloom😍. Maybe if you watch them theyll open faster🤔? Jk jk ! Our 3rd photo just had to be a pet photo with that cute face🥰. This was an accidental share by @SillyPlantGirl of her precious poochie so we didnt get a name for this wonderful girl. But i figured she wouldnt mibd me sharing it! Is it me or is she looking at the camera like " really mom? MORE PICTURES!" 🤷♂️😂 you just gotta love DOGS! Photo 4 came to use from @TidyTigerpear plant oasis. This painters pallet anthurium is just a showstopper with those monsterous leaves and bright red flowers😎 (not flowers). You know that beauty gets a prime spot in the windows at her house! And this gourgeous geranium growing @Prentyce house is our last photo for the day. I thought its perfectly HOT pink huge FLOWERS matched her personality so well it had to brighten your day as much as she does! Sadly thats the end of the show😤... BUT THERES MORE COFFEE😍! Have a great day and STAY SAFE🥰 #HappyPlants #PlantsMakePeopleHappy #PlantAddict #NewGrowth #GregPlantShop #GregGang #monstera #Hoya #HoyaHangout #AlocasiaAddicts
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Help! I think this is spreading to other plants. I was gifted these plants a year ago. They looked great and thrived…until recently 🤦🏼♀️ I noticed one of the strands had died off. (I forgot to take pic of plant before removing dead). After removing some of the dead leaves (2nd pic) I noticed white fuzzy stuff that doesn’t seem to move. (3rd pic). If I can figure out what it is, I’m hoping to treat to save the plant, but I’m most worried bc my monstera has a new dead leaf, and that’s unusual for her mature leaves. I’m so worried she’s got the funk too. 😣
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Hello #GregGang I need some help. I just received a hoya AH battleground and it’s not in the database. I tried to add it, following all of the guidelines, but it won’t let me. Does anyone know how to add new plants to the database? Thanks in advance #HappyPlants #PlantsMakePeopleHappy #PlantAddict #Hoya #help
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#climbingPlants Does anyone in this community make Trellises?Someone was making me some but I never got them. I even provided her with the materials to make them for me. 😭😢 #theamigos #Trellis #Hoya #HappyPlants #PlantsMakePeopleHappy #PlantAddict #NewGrowth #PropagationStation #PlantTherapy #GrowLights #PetsAndPlants #PetsAndPlants #OrchidLovers
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From the outside lookin in. My life is so peaceful now. I'm so grateful. 💚 #HappyPlants #SarahsKitchen #PlantsMakePeopleHappy #PlantTherapy #HangingPlants
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#thegreenshouse #HappyPlants #PlantsMakePeopleHappy #PlantAddict #NewGrowth #PropagationStation #SnakePlant #SnakePlantSquad #Sansevieria #SucculentLove #SucculentLove #PlantTherapy #floweringsnake #Sanserveriaflowering #PothosPack #Monstera #CalatheaCrew #Calathea #Hoya #HoyaHangout #HoyaHeads #PrayerPlant #Philodendron #VariegatedPinkLemon #ZamioculcasZamiifolia #ZzPlant #RavenZzPlant #Aglaonema #AlocasiaAddicts #Bonsai #Ficus #FiddleLeafFig #Anthurium #WhaleFinSnakePlant #ZeylanicaSnakePlant #WhitneySanserveria #SayuriSnakePlant #Cacti #AfricanMilkBush #dragonboneeuphorbia #VariegatedOpuntia , #PricklyPearCactusvariegated https:// I am a person who normally doesn’t try new sellers, but this one popped up in my Etsy (because you viewed section) and I did some research and looked at comments so I said why not…….I received such a beautiful shipment from #thegreenshouse yesterday……Richard (I assume he’s the owner) helped me pick out 3 basic plants. They arrived in perfect condition. My heart just 💕 swelled with joy. I posted his Etsy shop above. The blooming (smells like heaven) #sansevieriablackcoral has sooo many new babies and the pot is about to bust open from the new growth. #happywifehappylife
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Hi friends! I just got this new baby from an online plant shop. What are these weird squiggly lines inside the leaves? Is this thrips damage? This is my first Hoya so I’d appreciate any insight! Thanks ☺️
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Someone wanted me to post a picture of all the hoya flowers from my calendar from 'Let's talk hoya'; so here they are. January 2024 the hoya is hoya thomsonii. #plantaddict #hoya #hoyahangout #hoyaheads #plantsmakepeoplehappy
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Roots! Poor girl’s been on a JOURNEY on the struggle bus. Now I think I was sold a cutting that was propagated in water. She had very thin roots. She looked healthy, but steadily declined. So I chopped.. Water prop didn’t work at all. So I tried something new.. I put her in a pot with wet soil + perlite, and placed her pot on a shallow cup of water. I also gave her a zip-lock humidity dome. I made sure her bottom water never ran out. 3 weeks later, beautiful white roots grew! I am so excited! I’m going to pot her up in a small pot and give her a soak, but not water again for a while. (Hold me back!) Please send green light & Planty grow vibes! 🙏💚 #rootporn #Hoya #HoyaHangout #PlantsMakePeopleHappy
Care Summary for Variegated Hoya carnosa 'Compacta'
Variegated Hoya carnosa 'Compacta'
Greg recommends:
Water
0.5 cups every 12 days
Placement
< 3ft from a window
Nutrients
Repot after 2x growth
Based on the 4” pot your plant is in, and that it doesn’t get direct sunlight.
What other plant parents say
Survivor 2
Large, lush leaves 2
Fast grower 2
Easy to propagate 1
09/15/2021
Looove my hoya. So hardy and low maintenance, and grows quickly for a succulent!! Variegated one does need more light though
Survivor
04/30/2021
This is my favorite plant in my collection! I absolutely love the way the leaves look. The variegated ones are all unique. They do break off easily if you aren't careful but it grows so fast that you won't even notice in a couple weeks.
The vines grow so quickly with adequate care. Mine has 2 and they have grown at least 6 inches each in the last 3 months. A little fertilizer makes all the difference. They will bloom if you take good care of them too!
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