First of all a desert rose plant is NOT a rose bush. May times every year we get questions concerning rose bushes when people read desert roses. The “desert roses” is the common name for adeniums plants. Adeniums are semi-evergreen succulent’s plants with spectacular flowers. Adeniums will drop leaves when they experience cold weather, when transplanted or when sunlight is greatly reduced. It’s normal for desert roses to go dormant for several months during winter periods or periods of drought. Desert rose plants are easy to grow and maintain if planted properly.
They are fantastic container plans, however, they do require a good amount of sunlight to grow and flower. Over the past few years adenium plant flowers have be cultivated to produce flowers that rival “Rose Bush” flowers.
Adenium plant hybrids are cultivation with colors ranging form pure white, mauve, pink, bright red, yellows, purple, violet and some with almost black edge. Plus the adenium flower hybrids haev multiple layers of pedals with some that look just like rose bush flowers but not. They are highly prized by collectors throughout the world in all climates. One note of caution the sap from the adeniums are poisonous is quantity. If you want to see samples of adenium desert rose plants flowers go to Epic Grower Company’s photo gallery. The photo gallery is continually updated with new hybrid adenium flower plants for review.
what does yellow leaves on desert rose mean to dry or to wet>
yes and yes. Leaves can yellow for several reasons. Too much water, too little water and too little light. You soil should dry very quick with no standing water at all. How many times do you water the plant and what is your climate. Adenium plants are grown all over the world in deserts, tropics, mountains and in the cold north. In the wild they are mainly desert plants. Adeniums like fast draining soil. I’m in the tropics (Miami Florida) so we get rain just about Evey day during the summer and all our plants are always outside. Our rains are very hard and fast. In a very short time we can get an inch or more of rain (1..3 hours) when thunderstorms pass overhead. However, due to the soil mix we use, the adenium desert rose pot drains very very fast! The how idea is to wet the roots of the adenium plant and retain very little water (should dry out in a few hours). The desert rose plant should get 4..6 hours of sun light either outside or in a widow with direct sunlight. The plant will normally loose some of its leaves when it goes dormant during the winter.
What is the Symbolic meaning of an Adenium? i heard prosperity… i just want to be sure. thanks