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A friend who has long grown hoyas, or wax plants, has tried to convert me to this variable-looking genus with succulent leaves.

That’s the hoya that finally blossomed last week, a direct descendent of a wax plant that had crossed the Atlantic.

It is a wax plant, and a very beautiful one.

Hoya carnosa—This is commonly known as the wax plant on account of its thick leaves and wax-like flowers, which are a delicate pink and borne in large pendulous umbels.

I know where the purple geranium grows; where the bright scarlet columbine blushes, and where the pale wax plant hides under its glossy green leaf.