This perennial twiner can be epiphytic and roots at the nodes and forms a clump. It has large fleshy dark green broad elliptical leaves and the sweetly perfumed waxy-white star-shaped flower appear in clusters from spring to early summer.

Hardiness zones 10 to 11

Hoya australisis naturally found from Papua New Guinea to north-eastern Queensland, New South Wales and the Northern Territory to Western Australia growing in the understory of rainforests.

It prefers a well-drained fertile moist soils and as an epiphyte it grows in rotted moist leaf mould in a protected sunny position with some mid-day shade and is drought and frost tender.

The Australian Wax Plant is a vine that is grown for its perfumed flowers and is planted in small or tropical gardens and trained to grow over structures i.e. pergola or lattice. It is also used as an epiphytic in rainforest settings or under glass in cold climates. It establishes in 2 to 4 years.ID 1320

Hoya(HOY-uh)australis(aw-STRAL-iss)

Asclepiadaceae (ass-kle-pee-ad-AY-see-ee)