Hi, This is my first post here. I have five Desert Rose trees and one of them is sick, I hope someone here can help me save it. My late mother's favorite color was yellow and this one was bought in rembrance of her. The tree in question is between two and three years old, I'm not sure of the name, but it grows pale yellow flowers with red stripes. I live in Southeast Texas where it is warm most of the year with hot summers. The trees are in clay pots in a well drained soil and watered thoroughly twice a month in spring and summer then come in and go dormant for the winter, all are doing beautifully except this one. The tree looks healthy but the other day I thought it was leaning oddly and went for a closer look and found a soft, squishy spot in the cadeux just above the soil. When I took the tree out of the pot to examine the roots and lay it out to dry my nail accidently scraped some of the skin off and it was slimy green underneath with white under that. The roots look very strong and healthy, I don't see any signs of rot. I would have posted a photo but as luck would have it my camera has died on me and my phone takes terrible pictures. I love my little trees and I hope someone can help me save this one. Thank you for your time.
Kay in Texas
