WalMart,Lowes any of those carry them as well as local nurseries.They come in a few colors also. I have three in pots and decided to try another in the garden but I must admit the pot residents rule! They are usually about 14.99 but I got two on sale without flowers for 4.98 and another from Joe Tiki when I got a Tiki. The redder one is in the ground and Not happy! They are stunning my neighbor has an ENORMOUS desert rose out front in a pot. I believe them to be heavy feeders.

Mine is in a pot, too..... Poor thing takes a beatin' in my yard...never know if it's going to be on the patio or in the yard!!! How often should they be potted to larger space???? This is such a neat plant! It looks dead and then all of a sudden it's gorgeous!

i have two in pots. I am not sure when to repot either. I was told to use some of that dynamite fertilizer at home depot.
But I haven't...although i have used a bit of organic fertilizer and don't water it very much and they are blooming beautifully.

I have a beautiful Desert Rose on my front porch. The flowers remind me of the peppermints you get with your bill at Pizza Hut!! She is about 4' tall and 3' wide. It's in a huge clay pot. The main trunk is about 9 1/2" around. There are 5 times as many flowers than leaves on her right now. When the flowers are done, it will get alot of dark green leaves that are shiny. The worst pest is the Oleander catapillar/moth. I miracle grow her maybe 3 times a year and keep sevin dust close by.

Mine came from Home Depot. Lived most of it's life in a semi-shady area in the ground - lots of sand and rock. When the area went to full morning sun this year (tree trimming) - Wow! So many blooms! Have only fertilized with Osmocote every 2 or 3 months. Watered irregularly. Is currently back in a pot until I find another sunny spot to put it in.

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This one I started from a cutting many years ago.
It had outgrown every pot and finally after living the last few years in a really big pot it broke out.
It's about 4' tall and just about as wide.
So a few weeks ago I found a sunny dry place in the garden for it.
Immediately went into a full bloom and hasn't stopped since.
Must be really happy!
In my experience they like some fertilizer and water in the summer and prefer to be left alone during the winter.

Wow! Thats a beauty Treefrog! Mine's in a pot, very shallow. I was told that allows them to get that bulbyness at the base. I don't think I have ever fertilized and have had it for several years.

Brenda

A good place to buy desert rose (see link below).

Here is a link that might be useful: Buried Treasure

treefrog - that's beautiful! I'm looking forward to seeing mine grow up :)

Dont'cha just love that bulbous trunk!
I like yours Brenda.
Nice flower clusters!
It's amazing too how much neglect they can take.
I always wondered if I should prune mine back, bonzai it, but it seemed the more I left it alone the better it liked it.
I'd still like to do that.
Guess I'll take a cutting and give it a try.

Nami, come on by. I'm sure there's a cutting in there for you.

I have quite a few. They have them at our home depot right now. I have 2 in the ground that got huge. I went to a plant sale last month and found a dealer that had many different colors so now I have a few in pots as well.

Here is one of them in the ground.

Here is a group of different colors. The one on the left is varigated.

I bought my first one at a Ag. sale here in Stuart. Love it!
Not as big as Treefrogs, only about 6" tall and has about 6 flowers on it all ready.
I wish I had gotten the guys addy because he had some gourse plants!
Love the red and light pink one you have there joanne!

There is a house in Hollywood right of the Blvd. that has nothing but Desert Rose in front. In pots and in the ground.
I grew mine in pots.
Usually folks that are into Plumeria are into Adeniums too.

Tropicalfreak

I have four, all in pots. I grew one from a cutting, but the others I found for $7 each at HD in 1 gal. pots. I have a red, pink, and the regular pepperminty kind. All of mine were seed grown, so they all have bulbs. That's the secret. The cuttings will eventually grow some swirly roots that can be shown, but to get the bulbous bottom, they have to be grown from seed.

Shallow pots are good, and you know when to repot when they start putting themselves up out of the pot.

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Coffeemom has a really nice one by her front entry.

I know-tf, it's beautiful. I tried to pinch a piece but she was watching me really closely!

Joanm, those are beautiful!
The pink one looks like it crossed with a hibiscus, the flowers are so big!

How poisonous is the desert rose? I thought I read somewhere that the desert rose is related to the oleander family. I have 2 small children and I am concerned with planting a desert rose in front of the house where my kids could pick some of the blooms.

I bought one at a sale a few weeks ago that has short curled leaves and small flowers. The man said that he grows 140 different ones. Katkin got a beautiful white one.

WOW there's that many varieties? Awesome!

For anyone in Jacksonville, Desert Rose in 3-gallon pots, $14.99 just arrived at Home Depot on Atlantic Blvd (the location closer to the beach, not Regency).

If you get one, keep it in a pot because it will not survive our winter outside. You need to bring them into the garage on freezing nights. They do great in pots.

Also, do not overwater. They need very little water and fast-draining soil.

Carol

Has anyone started them from seed and do they come true to parent plant? I know the Plumerias from seed you never know what you might end up with.

Hi Wanda,

I got some seeds from someone in singapore on Ebay a couple of years ago. This is their 2nd year and they have just started to bloom and so far (2 out of 3) have bloomed true (or close enough) to the pictures listed on ebay.

Thanks Wanna!

wow another awesome florida plant. I must have missed it, what is the botanical name or is it easy to find by asking for a desert rose? Thanks

yes, if you ask for desert rose, they should know what you are talking about. :)

Joan, what is the name of that light pink one on the far right of your photo? Pretty, pretty!

The guy that comes to the USF sale with so many Desert Roses has one that he grafted 50 types to. So, grafting is very ppossible.

I was given a neglected desert rose about a year ago that was in poor shape. Now it seems very happy and is blooming nicely in a pot on my front porch. The flowers are a two-tone pink color. It also has 4 long seed pods on it that are each about 6 inches long and about a 1/2 inch around. One of the seed pods has started twisting so that the seam spirals around the pod once. I thought that meant it was about to open but the pod is still a greenish color and hasn't started drying at all.

Has anyone else had their plants seed? If so, how long does it take the seeds to mature and how quickly do they need to be planted?

Amber, I don't know the name of any of them except the Taiwan Red. I think he had them numbered rather than named so I didn't save the label. He was showing me some of the multi colored grafted ones but he explained they they don't bloom as well so I choose plants that he said would bloom prolifically.

My newest one has a nice seed pod. Reminds me of a plumeria seedpod and has the same double horn look, but it's got sharper tips and the two pods stick out more. I have a pic somewhere.

Thanks alot JoanM :)...now I've got it in my head to try and graft different colors onto the same stem! Anyone try this or have any pictures of multi-grafted plants?

The botanical name of DR is Adeniums. I was reading through google and saw a few of the differant grafted ones, they sure are pretty.

Amber, if you have some extra seeds from your desert rose would you mind sharing?

thanks,
nami

Hi everyone,

I know I'm late but I just came across this post today. Everyone's Desert roses are just beautiful.

I just wanted to share a couple of pictures of mine, one was taken last month and the other May this year. I trimmed them a little the end of june after they bloomed.

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Can I just say WOW!
That's gorgeous!

Puglvr1 - Mine has some long bare stems on it. Can you advise on how far back can I cut it and when?

Puglvr1, just gorgeous!!!!

What do I do wrong with mine, it drops all its leaves *sigh*
I keep it dry as suggested for this time of year, I did fertilize it with liquid blue stuff a couple of weeks ago,
it is in a sunny location in a pot, so....

why is mine not happy?

Evelyn

Jan are you going to post a picture of your pretty desert rose? It was an unusual color.

Barb, here is my Harry Potter.

Thank you very much for the compliments... Appreciate it.

Ladywingr, I usually trim mine after it blooms or when they aren't bloomimg so much, usually late summer early fall. All I can tell you is I have pruned mine to the point where it had almost no leaves. You can cut it to where you want the height of the branches to be. Mine always do fine. You can keep it kind of short,I have cut several inches off, when it starts to get leggy. I prefer to keep mine shorter and wider.By the way mine came from H. Depot also, I think I've had it appx. 3 years or so.

abendwolke, Mine have dropped it's leaves before when it get too cold in the evenings.When spring comes I usually get new growths and flowers. I cover mine or put it in the garage when the temps at night dips below 50 degrees. I have a very fast draining soil, so I water mine twice a week in summer unless it rains. It's been very hot here for the last several weeks, so I have been watering mine every 5 days or so, deep watering, mine seem to really like a lot of water for some reason .

Hi Jan1,

Your D. rose are really beautiful, what gorgeous color flowers they have. I have never seen any other color or variety in any of the stores or nurseries here.Thanks for posting those pictures.

puglver1 - Thanks! I'll get trimming next week!

thanks puglver1, I think I may not watered enough, figured it is colder and it doesn't need that much water. That is probably the reason. I will also cut it back a bit, it is a bit out of shape with longer branches sticking up and since it doesn't have any leaves now anyways, might as well :-)

Evelyn

You all have gorgeous desert roses! I'm so impressed! What soil mixture do you use?