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Plant Habit: Shrub
Cactus/Succulent
Water Preferences: Dry Mesic
Dry
Leaves: Deciduous
Fruit: Dehiscent
Flowers: Showy
Suitable Locations: Xeriscapic
Resistances: Drought tolerant
Containers: Needs excellent drainage in pots

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Common names
  • Desert Rose

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Location: My garden in Tampa, Florida Date: 2022-10-10
Location: My garden in Tampa, Florida Date: 2023-07-19 My grafted desert rose.
Location: My garden in Tampa, Florida Date: 2023-07-15 My grafted desert rose.
Location: My garden in Tampa, Florida Date: 2024-12-07
Location: My garden in Tampa, Florida Date: 2022-10-21 My grafted desert rose.
Location: Tampa, Florida Date: 2021-07-23 MD Adenium #3
Location: Tampa, Florida Date: 2021-07-23 MD Adenium #3
Location: Tampa, Florida Date: 2021-08-15 The longest blooming adenium in my collection.
Location: My garden in Tampa, Florida Date: 2022-10-28 Double Moon is triple bloom and a floriferous desert rose.
Location: My garden in Tampa, Florida Date: 2022-12-18 Interesting color change, it is almost white and hot pink.
Location: Tampa, Florida Date: 2021-11-10 This is reblooming again. The blooms are beautiful!
Location: My garden in Tampa, Florida Date: 2023-03-28 My grafted desert rose.
Location: My garden in Tampa, Florida Date: 2023-03-15 My grafted desert rose.
Location: Tampa, Florida Date: 2022-01-05
Location: My garden in Tampa, Florida Date: 2022-12-24 My desert rose ‘Double Moon’ looking just like a real rose.
Location: My garden in Tampa, Florida Date: 2022-08-15 Stem or cuttings propagation, bloomed in just a few months.
Location: My garden in Tampa, Florida Date: 2023-03-25 My grafted desert rose.
Location: My garden in Tampa, Florida Date: 2022-06-12 My grafted double moon just starting to bloom after severe prunin
Location: My garden in Tampa, Florida Date: 2022-11-12 Double moon cutting first bloom.
Location: Tampa, Florida Date: 2022-01-16 Today’s blooms
Location: My garden in Tampa, Florida Date: 2022-08-08 My grafted desert rose.
Location: My garden in Tampa, Florida Date: 2022-06-19 This months bloom, definitely more branches after pruning.
Location: My garden in Tampa, Florida Date: 2022-11-13 Double moon cuttings are smaller due to stress from repotting.
Location: My garden in Tampa, Florida Date: 2022-10-22 Rooted cuttings of my grafted desert rose ‘Double Moon’.
Location: My garden in Tampa, Florida Date: 2022-06-19 Love the details and color of these blooms.
Location: My garden in Tampa, Florida Date: 2022-08-15 Original adenium and cuttings, blooming at the same time.
Location: My garden in Tampa, Florida Date: 2024-09-01 My grafted desert rose.
Location: My garden in Tampa, Florida Date: 2023-07-15 My grafted desert rose.
Location: My garden in Tampa, Florida Date: 2022-12-24 Merry Christmas or Happy Holidays to all! From my desert rose gar
Location: My garden in Tampa, Florida Date: 2022-10-29 My grafted ‘Double Moon’.
Location: My garden in Tampa, Florida Date: 2022-12-25 Merry Christmas or Happy Holidays from my desert rose garden to y
Location: My garden in Tampa, Florida Date: 2023-01-07 My hand pollinated seedpods seem to be promising.
Location: My garden in Tampa, Florida Date: 2022-11-27 Seedpod from hand pollination.
Location: Tampa, Florida Date: 2021-12-31 Ending 2021 with blooms and buds.
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GigiAdeniumPlumeria On November 20, 2022 Miscellaneous Event
Noticed a week old 2 prong seedpod.
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Gorgeous! by plantladylin Oct 23, 2022 7:33 PM 4

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