You do not what you will fined in a regular nursery. We visited a nursery a couple months going out of business and found five good size desert rose adenium plants. They were against a fence not in good shape. However, by knowing how to grow adenium plants I knew with a little work they will thrive. Desert rose plants are not hard to grow and they do take a bit of effort to destroy when they are large.
This adenium plant has a caudex of 5.5″ x 6.5″ x 7″ and 21″ tall. The estimated age if this adenium plant is 6 to 7 years. If the top is worked right it will create a great canopy by using some simple adenium bonsai techniques.If you have not read other postings an desert rose plant is the common name for the adenium succulent plants. There are three main types of adenium plants and several hybrids.
The adenium bonsai canopy is made by spreading out the longer top branches by using bonsai wire. Loosely wrap the wire around the branches of the adenium branches and bend it down and out to from the center to flatten out the top (make canopy). This adenium bonsai has about 8 branches that ready to wire is a canopy shape. I would lower the branches to the level of the thicker part of the upper trunk of the plant. Make sure you are careful not to breach the branches.
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You are taking the plant back bare root (no soil). It’s best to get the plant re-established in a new pot before propagating the plant. Once the plant is growing again you can crop off the top 3″ of the plant. Let the plant and the crop part of the plant heal before placing outside. Take the cropped part and dip it in a root hormone and then plant. Wait 3..4 days before you water it. Depending upon your adenium growing environment and time of year you should get roots from the cropped part in 30 to 60 days.