{"product_id":"hoya-burtoniae-variegata","title":"Hoya burtoniae 'Variegata'","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHoya burtoniae\u003c\/em\u003e 'Variegata' takes a small leaved, easy going wax plant and lights it up from the inside. Each soft, finely hairy oval leaf carries a pale centre of cream to light green inside a green margin, and no two leaves are marked quite the same. Given good light, the new growth can flush pink. The stems are slender and quick to trail, so it suits a shelf edge or a \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/growtropicals.com\/collections\/hanging-plants\"\u003ehanging planter\u003c\/a\u003e, or it can be trained up a small hoop or trellis.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOrigins\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe species comes from Luzon in the Philippines, where it climbs as an epiphyte on trees and rocks in wet tropical forest. 'Variegata' is the variegated form sold in the trade, and its markings sit in the centre of the leaf rather than around the edge. It sits alongside our plain green \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/growtropicals.com\/products\/hoya-burtoniae\"\u003eHoya burtoniae\u003c\/a\u003e and the closely related \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/growtropicals.com\/products\/hoya-ds70\"\u003eHoya sp. aff. burtoniae 'DS70'\u003c\/a\u003e, which share the same compact, fuzzy leaved look.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCare\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBright, indirect light keeps the variegation crisp and encourages flowering, but hot summer sun through glass will scorch the paler leaf centres. Water when the top few centimetres of compost have dried, then let it drain fully, and water more sparingly from autumn to late winter. It likes more humidity than a dry, heated room provides, so a bathroom or a pebble tray helps. Keep it above 10C. Once it flowers, leave the old flower stalks in place, because new clusters often form from the same spurs. A chunky, free draining mix such as our Hoya Mix suits it, and the wider \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/growtropicals.com\/collections\/hoya\"\u003eHoya collection\u003c\/a\u003e has more compact climbers and trailers to pair it with.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"GrowTropicals","offers":[{"title":"6cm","offer_id":43289036718124,"sku":"HOYABURTONIAE6","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"9cm","offer_id":59135538790783,"sku":"HOYABURTVARI9","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"12cm","offer_id":41639995637804,"sku":"HOYABURTDS7012","price":17.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0361\/9645\/0348\/products\/hoya-ds70-plants-growtropicals-425336.jpg?v=1670004193","url":"https:\/\/growtropicals.com\/products\/hoya-burtoniae-variegata","provider":"GrowTropicals","version":"1.0","type":"link"}