Hi Corey, Sorry, I don't mean to be a bummer, but pls. read the Special Rules for Exchanges, which clarifies that plants for postage is a practice no longer allowed here. One needs to wait 'til one has some plant material to trade pls. Sorry, but those are the Rules.

I use Jiffy Pellets These are small peat pellets that look like little discs that have to be rehydrated before you can use them. I use them all the time but a lot of people find they just don't work for them. It works for me. I get my cutting, apply rooting powder, place them in the pellet, place the pellet on a saucer and place the saucer in a resealable bag I make sure the bag is not completely sealed, so that it doesn't get too humid, and place on a heat mat. I'll water these every 3-4 days or more if they're getting really dry and usually find roots after a week. Once I have roots I'll repot them into normal soil as the pellets tend to retain too much water. I'll leave the repotted plants in the semi-opened baggies on the heat mat until I'm satisfied that they've rooted, and once they start to grow I start the process of acclimatizing them to the English weather (take the bags off, later take them off the heat mat and find them a space on my plant shelf). It can take a while as the weather conditions aren't optimal but it seems to work.

Hello... speaking of first timers, I am myself a first timer to this beautiful plant. Had a cutting given to me years (maybe 20+); it was very young and I had no idea what to expect... eventually it grew all over the place; I had no idea how to deal with it; potted in larger pot and carefully attached every single branch around one of those plant "towers". It was long and leggy and after many years of struggle... I gave up.. it was losing leaves, just not doing well; sadly I threw it away. However, about 2 years ago I took a cutting from it and that cutting, now itself growing wildly, has bloomed! OMG.. had no idea.. at first I saw this funny little "something" growing out with little funny things on it.. ok... then a few days later, walked into the room to this fragrance!... so exquisite, reminded me of expensive perfume!...So now, please tell me how to maintain it.. since I will be moving to a new home next month with different light etc. I honestly don't know anything about this plant.. the ends of 2 of its branches may have been accidentally broken off. Will that deter any blooms from that branch and its currently in a small pot... any info would be sooo appreciated.. Also... about 6 mos or so, a branch got caught under another plant pot and while moving it, it broke off... Wa La... I have another healthy offspring!... thanks

Hi Nicole, I love your photos, especially all the birds! Have you thought about submitting some to bird magazines? You might have to crop some of them to make the bird the only focal point, but I think you have the kind of quality they would be interested in... Jan, is that your camphorifolia photo? It is the one that made me fall in love with that hoya! I just got a cutting a little over a month ago from someone at DG, someone who obviously has some healthy plants because the cutting is already growing like crazy...I can't wait to see it bloom. That is a great photograph.