Very nice! I had one bloom (a different variety) and it perfumed the whole house.

You mean the furry thing in the background? That is actually the “dog” pillow. Just happens to be the same color.....unless my aunt purchased that color to go with the flower ===>>> naaaw, just kidding!!

peren.all, unfortunately I did not notice a lovely smell, but there were just a couple of blooms.

How have you worked your magic please? What temperature, moisture, feed have you had please? I'd would to share your experience instead of staring at leaves!

Beautiful!!! Yea, I'm a quilter & color person so I enjoyed that color match too. Even funnier, I mistook the colored background for some kind of stucco.

MYAL I have read that 2-4 hours of direct sun from an east or west window is ideal. It must be pretty accurate since those are the conditions mine had.

MYAL, the plant is my aunts and it is huge, numerous twisted rope branches 5-6 feet long. It is in a southern window (patio door). I don’t know that she does anything special. She’s been hospitalized for a bit and I don’t know about asking her right now. The plant is probably 25-30 years old. I have full pictures on my phone that I’ll see if I can post. These photos are on my iPad. It worked! Picture of a picture!

Wow, that's pretty darn impressive. TFS such an enormous & healthy looking plant w/ us. I hope your Aunt feels better soon.

Thank you, peren! Has yours flowered in CANADA!? Whoa! I don't even live in such a cold area. How do you feed your plant please? I really want to see mine flower before I die! LOL!

Indian Rope Hoya is a form of Hoya carnosa. I have an H carnosa inherited from a neighbour of my parents which must be at least 40 years old. It is in a large pot in my unheated glazed porch and it flowers regularly. I water it when I remember and feed it once in a blue moon. Other than that it is ignored. Until, of course, the scent seeps into the house and I realise it's blooming again,

One of my new resolutions is to grow some classic conservatory plants to sit in my greenhouse when it is empty over the summer. I have an African hemp plant I got from a customer (sparmannia africanus) which I am going to try Hers is flowering right now, along with hoya and chamelaucium (the last 2 still only existing in my head). True, these almost count as being indoors, but with my long standing jinx on houseplants or other indoor bloomers, it represents a risk...and I will have to try to get the balance right so I can still use the greenhouse in winter for all my seedlings but as it occupies a full third of my space in my home garden, I feel I should make more of an effort. I have a growing collection of scented leaf geraniums currently filling it up, along with all the sweetpeas and cuttings. What else would you recommend, Floral, for a negligent but enthusiastic greenhouse amateur?

I don't have a greenhouse, bellflower. My porch is attached to the house and hence is a tad warmer in winter. And because it isn't entirely glass it doesn't get as hot as a greenhouse in summer.

Lol MAYAL yes it flowered in Canada. Like floral I kept it on the dry side and don't recall ever fertilizing it.

Ah yes, my customer also warned me that a greenhouse is not the same as a conservatory (hers is right next to her kitchen and is half-bricked.) O well, back to the drawing board, trying to find reliable winter flowers which will get me through the grim days of January. I can keep plenty alive but it's flowers I want, not just leaves.

Maybe some of the hardy flowerers which would benefit from protection from the weather rather than the cold? Clematis? Camellias? Peach? Hardy bulbs? Pelargoniums? I have a random Calendula blooming away under a cloche on the allotment.

That's an impressive specimen. It comes to mind that it may be nice to take cuttings and propagate some small plants to give to her grandchildren. I know if my grandma had something like that, I would love to have one.

I have a hosta that came from a piece from my great-grandmother's home in Indiana. It's seriously one of my most prized items.

That’s a Great idea popmama. I know as a granddaughter I would love a cutting.