I say......Lacunosa! It's a beautiful plant and once established (which doesn't take long at all) will bloom contiunously. I don't think you would be disappointed at all with it!

Jen

It depends on whether you want easy or not-as-easy, large and climbing or small and trailing. Australis is an aggressive grower and needs support if you plan to keep it neat. My 2-1/2 year old tenuipes hasn't bloomed for me yet, but I see peduncles forming this year. I have another australis ssp. and it's never bloomed for me in all the years (probably 10?) that I've had it. So even though I've heard australis is a vigorous bloomer, that hasn't been my experience as of yet. Lacunosa is nice because it stays smallish and, as Jen said, blooms pretty consistently once it's mature. Heck - I even have a cutting I rooted this spring that's got a bloom forming on it, and the cutting itself doesn't look all that spectacular yet! But I also find lacunosa needs a lot more attention than australis ssp tenuipes. It's one you can't let get too dry or you start getting dehydrated leaves and it's hard to bring them back from that after a few times.

So I guess it comes down to what your preferences are...

Denise in Omaha

If you are the "instant gratification" type, go for lacunosa...what everyone said above is true, they flower so easily and quickly. I would get both, though, if money is not an issue.

Better to choose your hoyas based on foliage because that is what you will spend most of your time looking at!

My vote is lacunosa!
You will LOVE the smell of the blooms...it's just heaven.
Gabi