Desert Rose Growing Tips - 2023
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- Опубліковано 10 сер 2019
- Nothing can compete with the glamor of the Desert Rose! This super long lived plant can be tricky to get to bloom at times so I wanted to create this video to give some tips and tricks on how to get the most out of your Desert Rose.
If you still have questions, don't hesitate to ask!
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Thanks Devin! "Give him the hard love like we did for my brother when he was finishing high school" lol
Lol threw his brother under the buss
Thanks to this video, Devin, I stressed my desert rose even more this year and it was absolutely LOADED with flowers!
awesome!!!! love hearing it
what do you mean by “stressing” a desert rose to produce more flowers?
Buongiorno, ho 3 rose del deserto, quest'anno si sono avvizzite le punte, ( apassite e nere )e questo problema continua allungarsi nel ramo.Cosa può essere? Grazie
Thanks for the advice. Watched your video before, tried and test your advice and it really works. My desert rose are now blooming and happy.
awww i love hearing that! im glad you are enjoying the beauty of your desert rose
I've wanted one of these for a while - and have a fascination for plants with a caudex. Great film.
My desert rose has been with me since 2010. I live in Disney World Orlando-Florida and it’s been flowering 🌸🌺 since. It’s probably the longest relationship I’ve had with a plant. They’ve been very good supportive friends 😂
Omg that is so amazing!! I wish I lived where I could grow my desert rose outside all year long!
Thank you for the advice...Appreciate it 🌿🍃🖤
Just found you, also just found a Desert Rose!!!!! This is a win win day!!!!! Thank you for the info........
Devin, I have coveted adeniums for many years but only last year did I finally cave and buy my first one and I am never looking back! I love these beauties! I have five now and just ordered a sixth plus some seeds. I'm in love with these plants even more so than my beloved orchids and African Violets. I am beyond grateful to have your knowledge, skill, and expertise to draw from to help me with my newest obsession. Thank you and keep up the good work!!! Adeniums rule! 💚
Love it!! They’re unlike any other houseplants!
Thanks for the tips! I live in South Florida we’ve had a pink one in various sized pots as it grew right on our front walkway for 31 years (I’m 27) it’s my favorite plant - and omg we have a massive amount of plants. It’s about 5 feet tall and always has tons of pink flowers in spring and summer but it looks absolutely bare in fall/winter. I recently got two white desert roses and 2 more hot pinks and they’re blooming like mad with all this sun and rain lately! Such an easy plant for hot climates! I recommend a cactus soil/fertilizer they love it ❤️
Cole Cherise you have to take cuttings from that very tall. If you’re trimming it, it will bloom more (and of course it will have more brunches, it will look more beautiful!)
Cristina Danila thank you so much I didn’t know if I was supposed to trim or not :)
i hope to go back out to Florida in January and check out how the desert rose is doing. If i understand correctly, it us normal for it to be somewhat dormant during these winter months, even in Florida?
Such an amazing benefit of living in Florida. Hopefully the hurricanes are manageable!
My son gifted me one last year, no roots, out of the 6 he bought mines is the only one that has flowered 🌸 I had to cut every leaf off because it was infested with aphids and it immediately grew back but with more flowers than leaves! I just repotted it last night, it was root bound but once I rinsed all the soil off the root system was massive. it looked like something I never seen before, reminded me of part brain and part Thanksgiving turkey. Lol Now I can’t remember what kind of soil I used so here I am on You Tube looking at videos, lol I didn’t realize how big they get! I’m on the coast of Louisiana so it definitely gets full sun
Great video. Just purchased my first Desert Rose today. Your video helped me understand it will only be a houseplant in the colder months. I’ll put it out in the heat and treat it with benign neglect. I really appreciate that you take the time to reply to people’s comments and questions. Well done!
I’m glad you added one! I currently have six outside enjoying the summertime
You’re freakin awesome! Love the way you explain things! 🥰🤗
thank you so much! im glad the video was enjoyable to watch
So young, yet knowledgeable. Thank you for the insight you gave me with regards to the size of the pot to restrict heavy root growth
glad to help!
Such a great job of characterizing this plant. Well done. Thank you!
Wow....amazing 👌👌🌼🌼
I see Adenium in Devin's hands is like: "hard love?😨... don't speak, don't speak, doooooont!"😂😂
...I grew adeniums from seeds quite successfully. They go up in 10-15 days and develop fast - it is very satisfying to see😀! Usually with house plants from seeds it takes eons of time to get changes.
where do I find seeds?
I love how excited you are about this
heheh it is one beauty of a plant!
Thank you for this informative video.
Thanks so much for your clear explanation of caring for the desert Rose your video really helped me
cool! i hope it helped a bit!
Very nice.Thanks
Excellent video Devin. Very informative. Thank you. I love these. So many different colors too on the flowers. Like wow dude.
seriously the flowers are works of art!
Thanks for that information. I recently got 2 of them and have been watching utubes on growing tips, but they said that they needed a lot of water. 🤔 So I have been watering them as soon as the soil gets dry. I live in Louisiana, so they're definitely getting the sun and heat they need, but I 'm going to cut back on the watering! Thanks again.
Louisiana here to I’ve been doing the same , glad I stumbled across this video
Super helpful thanks so much !! :))
love this guy!!! thank you! you did perfect! ughh i just got a desert rose and i was worried. I really appreciate your existance on this earth! Thanks Devon!
awesome!! thank you for watching!
Omg you are so adorable, and i don't mean that in a condescending way. Just your enthusiasm, vocabulary combined with your knowledge in this video makes me smile 😁
Lolol thank you :)
Thanks!! To hear that stressing and needing full sun, not watering much helped me a lot. I was worried since the leaves were turning yellow and falling off, but I stopped watering it for awhile, and just watered today, but I see that there’s new baby leaves forming everywhere...so my plant will be ok.
they can be slow to recover, but hold the faith!
My plant was also getting yellow leaves....stressing me out! Lol. Now, I'll just ignore it!
@@barbara4944 I ended up with so many blooms, and still going strong!
Very enjoyable video, like the comment about the 'dope' trunk...ha ha...I've just bought one of these which has the most amazing flowers on it, kind of variated double bloom, good advice about the shallow pot. Thanks!
Very nice plant 🌱.
Thank you for the info, I just got one for my collection and I’ve never had one. I’m honestly excited. I like big cactuses and making / growing bonsai.
Ooooh awesome! You’re going to love it
Love your energy!
Thanks for watching!
What a beautiful specimen :)
Your video really made me laugh....thank you for the information as well! Very helpful!!
haha glad it was helpful!
Thank you fir yr good share
Thank you too
Thank you Deven for the tips, I just purchased 2 yesterday.
Niiiice
I have 4 desert roses that I bought as seedlings in September. They've tripled in size since I got them. They have been in my apartment for 2 months in front of a south-facing window. All 4 are in a standard 19" pot that has a self- watering option. The second smallest is developing flower buds
Congratulations! sounds like you've got a great system going on.
I don't have any problem getting my Desert rose to bloom. I live in South Florida and give my 20 yr. old plant Miracle Gro about every 3 weeks. I get it to bloom all the time. It may just be the way I've watered and fed my plant from the beginning. It has a big bottom but I've never put it in a pot bigger than 12 inches. Perhaps it's time I start to put it in bigger pots every year.
Thank you for the video. Very informative.
Sounds like you have found a great method!
Thankyou 🦋
Your videos make me laugh each and every time! Hope you are doing well on your end, my friend. Greetings from Tampa Bay!
Heheh thanks for your support!
Thank you so much I love how you communicate.
I'm so glad!
Thank you!!! Oh my goodness I have been searching for really good care tips because I’ve been stressing out trying to figure out how to handle this plant! After all the same redundant tips online, never I have I heard it like this! It had blooms when I got it and then...none! This whole summer, no blooms! I’m not giving it that hard love haha! I’m taking your advise, hoping for at least one bloom! lol
it can be tough to neglect it but it will pay off!
Thanks for this 😀
hope it helped!
Thank you ❣️
You are on the right track for sure! I have a 23 yr old one and she is way happy. Just a bit of advice if you don’t mind… When inside never water. Once outside, I suggest full sun and water watering once every 4-6 weeks. Also let the moths live on your plant and don’t remove the caterpillars and let them eat their fill. Your DR will love it and come back stronger. Really stress her out! I also trim mine way back every year.
Oooo 23 years!! Okkkk so let me ask you a question. When mine are budding up and it’s sooo hot outside and it takes like two weeks to water, how do you resist the urge to water? For me it was like 90 degrees during the budding up stage and after like a week I caved and watered and the buds promptly fell off
Also, I’m currently dealing with spider mites on mine inside, which seems to happen most years. Does that happen to you too?
Get stressed and get swole! Got it!
Thanks for the info.
Thanks for watching!!
Arizona and these thrive here! I sell them at Home Depot Garden and they love to be ignored!! Interesting shapes and a cool addition to xeriscape.
That’s amazing!! Very lucky to have them there
😍😍 I hope I find this plant here in Austria 🇦🇹 it’s awesome beautiful! When it’s blooming it looks amazing! Thank you for sharing all this info about it-!😊🤗
best of luck!
@@plantvibrations thank you, i will keep you informed 😇
Well explained. Thanks
Hope it helped!
Dope channel
Your awesome dude!
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❤Thank you
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Thank you
Thanks!
Thats the nicest one I have seen
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Great info, beautiful adenium 👍
thank you! theyre great plants
Thank you for sharing the info, I didn't realize it was going to be so difficult to raise a dessert rose. I'm going to try and hope I can do it without killing it.
The main takeaway is to put it outside as long as the nights are above 42f
@@plantvibrations I am getting ready to replant my dessert rose today out of the shipping pot. Do I pack the soil tight like the totem pole or a little loose.
@@SusWood-bu1um if you use a succulent mix you can pack it in well
thanks bro good content
Thanks for watching 🙏
I love this plant too desert rose
theyre awesome
Thanks Devin for the tips, what kind of soil do you use?. "Give it the hard love", that's cute. Subcribed.
a "Blast from the Past" :) Just acquired 2 Desert Roses & went searching UA-cam for tips... Devin; You look so cute with short hair.
Lolol this was one of my very first videos! glad you found it
Very nice sir
So nice!
Got one yesterday it’s just a whittle baby only one stalk I hope to grow mine as beautiful as yours ❤️
I have two little stalk babies in the post from someone on ebay. Can't wait to get them started! Good luck with yours!
Thats a very nice uniform desert rose
Yes it is!
I love your millennium energy 👍! My obesium caudex is practically a Buddha belly 😎.
Hahah niiiice! i love the fat bellies
Thanks for your video/info. My biggest question was if I should plant it in a shallow pot and you confirmed that. Also, how old is the one you have in the video - it is magnificent!
I like you Devin and I subscribed ❣️
Thanks for joining :)
Phoenix arizona here, looking to start these. :) My new figs are in planters and eventually I hope to transplant both to the ground, (I think, not in a hurry.)
Good for you!!
Great information! Just got one today and so to come across your video was timely.
I was wondering how long to wait before repotting?
I usually leave plants alone to acclaim to my home but a few blooms have already dropped on the drive home and also I would like to switch out the plastic pot for a shallow terracotta one. Would July or Aug be too soon?
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I think you can do it right away and let it acclimate to your home in the new container
Thanks for the tips, mine I always water every day and still okay and have more flowers but it's hot here in the Philippines so maybe it's fine to water it daily. By the way, I have 4 Desert Roses that are 40 years old.
40 years old?! congratulations!
Devin i love theese plants.are you still giving info on both kinds of theese plants
This vid3o made me laugh like idiot,lol. Thank you Devin.
Hehehe
This plant is good advice because sometimes you do need stress to get going
thank you!
"(...) for most of us decades is probably long enough." Hahaha spot on
hehehe
Best to root prune on occasion. I grafted Adeniums for a while and found if I grew them like bonsai they flowered better.
awesome! ive never root pruned mine before but i definitely will now. thanks!
I have about 25 different col double and triple pettles, growing beautifully but some get very large buds but the are not fully opening they stay tight. What can I do please?
YOU ARE ADORABLE!
:))
Great video. I've had a desert rose since last year, and it slowly lost all it's leaves this winter. The trunk seemed fine, and now new leaves are starting to come out at all the tips. Any idea what causes them to drop leaves? Was I watering it too much?
It is not unusual for them to lose their leaves in the winter time. the only way to maintain the foliage during that time is to add additional light. something as easy as a single light bulb shining on it would do the trick
A minha rosa do deserto , a flor é amarela . Gostei do vídeo
Devin so goad i found your channel. First time Arizona owner of 2 DR. One is doing pretty well and other one seem to die. I bought them last summer. I haven't purn but will this time. The one that died i had in a larger pot, so your explanation on size of pots was greatly appreciated. Now my one that died had rotted root. Any way i can possible safe it? I did take it out to dry out for a week now. Should i try to replant after cutting off rooten roots?
I am in the process of making a video on this topic exactly but unfortunately it’s not ready yet
I'm Brazilian and I have 10 desert flowers, I don't need to stress mine, they're already stressed with our weather 😅... there's never winter, only summer...but they produce flowers the whole year...
ThAts amazing!!
Hi Devin! I enjoyed your video a lot. you had great info. I live in Zone 6A. I love, love Desert Roses. I had a beautiful one for 7 years and one stormy day the storm flipped the pot sideways and it broke several branches of the plant; after that, little by litlle it started dying and got root rot eventually and I couldn't saved it! I was sooo sad...It looked like yours "like a mini tree" Anyway I have bought sinve then several ones through Etsy, but they don't want to grow. I keep them in my sunroom under grow lights. I'm afraid to put them out because it rains too frequently at times where I live. They are over 2 years old and not bigger than 4 to 6 inches. No blooms at all. What do you recommend? Your help will be much appreciated.
hi! well, i do really recommend placing them outside. thats really the only way to get them to grow, they just kinda hang around and never grow if indoors all year. what if you plant them in heavy pots with very good drainage? that should keep them safe from the storm weather
I live in Miami and have lots of desert roses. I love the ones that have double blossoms instead of the single blossoms although I have both.
My double purple just bloomed!
@@plantvibrations wow. I dont have a purple one as yet. I am always on the look out everytime i visit different nurseries. I usually get good doubles from Lowe's but have seen the purple there as yet.
Such a beautiful plant, love it so much 👍 how old is that plant?
its about 5 years old!
Mine had flowers, it was happy but overnight it drooped. I think I overwatered it because it was in a bed with other plants. I've put it in a pot to control how much water it gets. Should I cut the droopy top half off or leave it and hope it picks up? The roots are fine, they look healthy.
Devin, my desert rose's leaves are bunched together on all my plants, is that normal or do I need to do something? They have been outside in the southwestern desert for years and flower each year but I have never seen that happen to the leave before. Thanks for any help and awesome channel.
Send me a photo on Instagram
I found a desert rose at a grocery store. It doesn’t look like yours but she is beautiful. She has frowns three stocks ir stems or what ever you call them husks she is wonderful. Her flowers are pink and man.... her leaf’s are dark green and happy 🥰
Nice find!! i hope the video helps you bring it success!
Plant Vibrations with Devin Wallien yes! I honestly didn’t know they needed a shallow pot so I bought a bigger one lol like a 12 inch so now she will be in there for a while......
I need help with my Adenium Obesum.
Quick back info. I am a plant enthusiast. I grew up with plants but only recently have I been able to grow them myself and I love it. I still struggle sometimes with anything new and from over caring for them. I recently spotted the Adenium on accident at Walmart on clearance and I knew it was struggling and strange shaped and it had sun scorched leaves and some sad little nubs that looked improperly cut but I really had no idea what to do for it. I Only knew that I wanted it to live and it sounded special. Now I've been studying a lot and in so glad I have it. I never would have guessed I found such an interesting plant. But.. I really am just hesitant to know the best move here.. I dried it out for over a week and I took it out if it's little planter, and the roots looked to be in great condition! White, strong, firm caudex. I cleaned them and there was this very strange large hole directly in the main root swell..I left it to dry out during a period of almost 6 days while I went back and forth with what to do and all the new info just made me even more unsure of what to do and I never found anything to explain the hole. Finallyvi just realized I had to do something or it was better off at Walmart. I went with my gut.. I cut the two main thick roots back about an inch, and all of the slim ones back to about half their size , leaving a couple inches of everything. I put Neem in the hole, with cinnamon, dipped all the cut roots in it as well, and put it in a new pot, (cloth 5"x5”)because I didn't have a clay one that wasn't huge. Good draining mixed soil with sand, terracotta pieces, perlite and stone. Now I've got it in front of me and I know I need to cut back it's very long imbalanced 3 branches but one has buds and I think i understand that I should prune at same time as the repotting.
I'm sorry for the short novel but I'm afraid I'm doing something wrong and I just finished putting soil around it.
Did I miss something?, am I doing right so far? Is that hole in the roots going to kill it because I couldn't find a single thing advising on that. It was a half inch and went about 3/4" inside it but I never found a bug or any rot.
I did all of this before I saw your videos. But when looking to prune I realized I found the person to ask as your instructions were easy to follow, all the things I did, you covered in one video and it took me 2 weeks to find that info.
Please if you would tell me what to do, or how I should proceed, I would be so grateful and so would this desert rose... Anything is appreciated. >_
Hey Laura, you Adenium found a great parent. Send me photos on Instagram direct message
Love your video !!!😁 and i think I kept mine too happy that’s why is not flowering 🙄😭😭
Hahaha well I’m sure it’s still a very pretty plant
I needed to watch this... I was over watering and kept it inside in indirect sunlight
Hope it helped!
Great advice on the watering. My plant started to produce buds, I continued to water it, and well the flowers never bloomed. lol
hey devin, just got a 6 year old desert rose that was kept indoors with indirect sunlight. can i go ahead and put in in direct sunlight?
You need to slowly transition it to the direct sun over the course of a week or so. Or else they will burn
Can we talk about pruning? Because it will get leggy. The DR you show has clearly been pruned. What are your tips on that?
The seed I planted is sprouting! I put it 3/4 inches in succulent soil, plastic covering, blue light and warm water every couple days
Very nice!! Good gardeninf
Omg you are so cute lol 😆😇
I have one! I just got the leaves to bud! After a year!
make sure to restrict water now!
Hey devin can you suggest tips and tricks on how to grow adenium plant from seeds. Which soil I should use to grow it and what will be the best time to germinate seeds. I live in Michigan.
Hi, I don’t have any experience growing from seed! Sorry
sadly impossible in northern Europe, I saw some amazing desert roses in Morocco .....love the red and pinks
Ahh ThAts a bummer!
great job! we have a sad desert rose that has been holding on for several years and after your video we now realize the plant needs to be in Florida and we just happened to have bought a place there earlier this year. Do you suggest we plant it in the ground immediately when we bring it next month? How do we best prepare the soil prior to planting?
Hi Lynn! id give it a couple months in your new climate before you plant it in the ground. they take awhile to acclimate to new surroundings. but then once its ready to plant, you could amend the soil with some extra gravel if needed to make sure the soil is very well draining. although i imagine a lot of soil in florida is quite quick draining with lots of sand
Desert rose is doing better in Florida have not put in ground yet. What does it mean to stress it ? The soil here is very sandy with rocks and even shells.
@@lynngrant3068 stressing it means don't water it for awhile and give it lots of sun :)
@@anastasiagrace6540 thank you so much for the reply. Your timing was perfect too. Happy Planting!
@@lynngrant3068 yay! So happy to help!!
Hello devin, i know this is an old video, but it was exactly what i was looking for! The only thing i would like to know is what kind of soil mix they like. I got one from lowes and it was unlabled, later found out that this fat little tree grew awesome flowers!
haha nice find at lowes! if you have a regular potting mix and combine it 50/50 with perlite, that you should be the perfect soil mix. Thanks for watching, im glad it was helpful!
@@plantvibrations I got one over a year ago at lowes for 1.00 nursed it back to health... now I need to repot it...it's practically in a solo cup! I'm so nervous to repot it! Thanks for the soil tip!
Devin … I’ve just pruned my desert rose for the 1st time. Got it at HD and it’s much taller than I prefer. Withheld water for 2 weeks before pruning… now … I’ve got 3 branches which I would like to grow… do I cut leaves off while it’s drying out for 4-5 days ?
Yes. I’m currently making a video how to propagate them but it won’t be ready for sometime
Devin, my desert roses are dropping the leaves but also they have black dots on them.!
Are they infected with something? I will be taking them outside in a couple of weeks now, maybe that will help.
Have they been particularly moist and cold lately? No signs of pests?
I just bought one of these while visiting Arizona. Will take it home to be a house plant in Wisconsin. The pot it came in is pretty deep, should I leave it as it is or transplant it into something shorter?
If it looks healthy and has adapted to your home I’d just let it be