The Conundrum

What do you do when a plant has reached a size that is no longer manageable, and you are tired of cleaning up the mess that it makes when it endlessly flowers. I recently found myself in that position with Hoya cutis-porcelana. The plant is now so widely available that there is no commercial value in chopping it up to sell it off as rooted cuttings. You can’t give the large plant away for two reasons: one it has a trellis that is valuable, to you, because it is no longer made, and two you don’t know anyone who would take it off your hands anyway. I made the hard choice; I took two small cuttings to root so I could keep it in my collection, and then I saved the trellis and the pot. The rest I disposed of. Hoya cutis-porcelana RIP!