What is proper care for desert rose plant?

Question

Just bought one about 8" High and know absolutely nothing about theirs care.

Answer 1

A Yahoo search for "adenium obesum" (include the quotation marks in the search box) yields 82,300 results. If you do the same search, and are willing to spend a little time exploring, I'm sure that you will quickly find the information you seek.

Good luck with your search.

Answer 2

Your Dessert Rose - Adenium obesum is a member of the botanical Apocynacae (dogbane) family. It is a native of East Africa, but it grows well in all humid, tropical areas, like India, the Philippines and Thailand and even in southern Florida, where it will grow into a spectacular low maintenance flowering shrub. Under ideal conditions, it can grow to be 6 to 10 feet tall. In most home environments, it seldom exceeds a height of 2 to 4 feet. Desert Rose plants, in their native environments, can live to be more than 100 years old, so in your home environment, they could possibly become a family heirloom, to be passed on to the next generation.

Answer 3

first of all, return the Miracle Gro Potting soil and get your a refund. that's terrible! I have been given a bag from a rep and each plant I planted in it died, so i will not at all use it. The soil i like is made by utilising Schultz and is termed expert Gardener's proper mixture. that's attainable at WalMart and a 10 dry qt. bag sells for basically $2.50--a solid good purchase. To the potting soil, i could upload approximately one third sand. desert Rose is a succulent and likes to have solid drainage. you will desire to leave the bulb protruding of the airborne dirt and dirt--that's the way it grows (like a ponytail palm). once you're turning out to be it interior, positioned it close to a bright, sunny window; if outdoors, in a semi-shady area. Fertilize it with a solid Cactus and Succulent Fertilizer (returned, Schultz makes a solid one), and you will desire to succeed with your desert Rose. i think of they seem to be a super plant, and that i'm hoping my instruction replaced into useful to you.

Answer 4

Bought one this past summer, have been experimenting, seens to like indirect light, I set it in a saucer, and water it that way, mist it lightly every few day as they do like humid conditions. Haven't figured out what I'll do in winter with drier air in house, maybe try misting daily. Mine is doing well new leaves and a little height growth, flower buds that were on it when new are gone and no new ones. We'll see.