Thank you for posting this tutorial, I have 2 desert rose plants and I needed some of the information you shared with us. You explain in a very understandable way for all to understand. Desert Rose care for dummies. 🤣
I didn’t realize you could trim the tape root. No one I’ve listened to has ever mentioned it and I’ve been searching for that answer. Thank you for sharing that part of your trim process.
Devin, I have a huge Adenium and was looking for some tips on pruning/shaping it and found this video. I thought it was excellent. I don't know if you have had speech, or actor's training, but technically I think you are a good presenter! You enunciate clearly; neither speak too fast, nor too slow; you give very useful information that is well organized and understandable; and you have a natural likable relatable personality on camera. I like that you list your tools and links where to buy. AND I especially appreciate and LIKE that you didn't play some awful music through the whole video as some of these UA-camrs do! So thanks. P.S. I live in sub tropical zone and my large Adenium stays outside year round. I think I covered it one time with a an old sheet when we had a hard freeze warning. It was cool/dry season and it was in dormancy anyway, but I covered it.
You’re so lucky to be able to grow them in the landscape! Have you tried propagating them? I have a nice video showing how :) and thank you! For my ‘real’ job, I present plants on the tv channel QVC here in the states
@@plantvibrations Aha! I was going to say you should be on TV, but you already ARE! Yay! Was just considering trying to propagate, since I will have plenty of cuttings after pruning. Will def be watching more of your videos! And will look for you on QVC! Thanks for all the good info.
Awesome video! Everything I had seen was to keep them dryer as they are like succulents. Mine are so leggy... This was a blessing. Thank you so much! Be blessed in the name of Jesus!🥰
Thx for the solid advice! And you can keep them growing in winter. I planted mine in October, 4 months later they're 30cm. Using a tent, 20-22C, 18hrs light, only like 80W per square meter.
Excellent! I grow a number of desert rose plants. This was a well-made tutorial. Love these plants!! I was blessed to grow up with these growing wild. Keep up your outstanding videos!!!
Thanks! Would really enjoy meeting you sometime. Yes... I grew up in Africa just south of the Sahara Desert. These plants thrive in what we call the "bush". Again Devin - well done! Enjoy all your videos.
I so wish I had watched this sooner. My desert rose had a caudex that was as big as my head. I made the mistake of watering it weekly in the winter. When I went to do the early prune, it was mush down to the core. A sad day but I’ve learned a new lesson..
Came across your videos today. I'm impressed. You are talking calmly and very clear. I have over a thousand seeds to plant in the next few days...Thanks - from South Africa
Hi Devin! Thank you for posting this tutorial! I have 3 desert rose plants and I needed to know how to care for them in the wintertime. Love your channel! ❤️❤️❤️
Hi Devin I’m new to this gardening world and although I have a few house plants mostly succulents I don’t know much about caring for them also I have been trying to grow avocado plants from seeds. I would had two plants in pots that I moved outside now that it’s not summer and this week I discovered both of them with leaves shriveled up the biggest was lacking water and the other possibly to much so I’m looking forward to learning more from channels like yours so I can enjoy gardening
Devin is Awesome! Thank you for your knowledge and helpfulness on the desert rose. Please continue to make videos. They really do help us all out.😊 Now I will look at your other tutorials for help when needed.
Just found your tutorials today while researching my new desert rose. Thank you so much! Going to give the pretty little thing a new improved pot today! ❤️
gREAT INFO. Thanks. I am using cinnamon and also sulfur dust. Been doing lots of pruning.. Wife hates the mutilation:) I use a hairdryer or electric fan overnight to dry out the DR. I learned this from cacti cuttings over the years. They are completely dry overnight.
I hate it too! I feel for your wife. Looks so brutal …but seeing this video I see it is important. I was actually searching for ways to weave or braid the long floppy ends together ..eek! So glad I found this video before making that mistake.
Thanks for all the info! I am a beginner desert rose lover.ha. I’m trying to read and hear all I can to produce more branches and flowers. You are so clear and knowledgeable! Looking forward to further info!
I've had Adeniums for 30 years now. I've learned some things. Mine come indoors as soon as nights get 50 to 45. Sometimes during early fall I set them out in the day and in the garage at night. At some point I give up on warm weather and put them in a corner of my office by mid November. I shut the water off except for one or two light drinks. They lose all their leaves sitting there in very low light. Sometime usually in Mar I will notice some tiny buds breaking and give them a decent drink. We don't get warm here until mid Apr or later, so I play a delay game. Just enough water to keep things moving along slowly until they can go outside in mid May keeping in mind late frosts. Once they go out, I found as you state, they can take plenty of water. That surprised me Since they naturally live in nutrient poor soils, I have avoided fertilizing them. That is going to change. I have never pruned mine and my present two are quite leggy. I never knew how or whether the time was right. Now they are going to the butcher shop as soon as flowering is over. 45 years ago I was a plant propagator in charge of rooting 100000s of cuttings a year. It got burned into my brain then, that growing plants is to a large part about timing is everything. You just filled me in on the timing pieces I was missing that will make my wonderful Adeniums even greater. Thank you. Mine are good right now, 5" caudex and 24" tall. But they could be a lot fuller. Now I know how to get there. I might send some before and afters if things turn out right.
Your growing regiment sounds exactly like mine! I’m glad we both have found the same process! I’d love to see photos of your plants, they sound amazing, feel free to send me photos via Instagram if desired
To keep feeder roots you should water in winter (once every 1 or 2 months), if you dont give rhem water those roots will die off. When summer starts, those dessicated roots will start to decompose and that will increase the chance of root rot. This is not meant as a criticism, but to explain part of why you don't want it to dry out completely :)
Personally I also believe it's detrimental to prune. You want as few branches as possible. The way to do that is by not pruning it. When you prune it, it will not grow a thicker caudex, it will focus its energy on growing new branches. All the weight on those long branches will also increase the thickness of the branch and this also has an effect on the caudex (like how bonsai growers have sacrificial branches). Pruning is what you do for shaping the branches, not for the caudex. In my experience, overfeeding, specifically overfeeding nitrogen, will cause more branch growth and less caudex growth. Experiment with this stuff yourself, get 20 seeds and treat half of them with no pruning and the other with pruning. In my own observations the plant least messed with tends to grow the biggest. But that is ofcourse only my experience/opinion :)
And fun fact. The reason you can defiolate without much issue. Is that the caudex itself is also capable of photosynthesis. The leaves are way better at it, but when it's dry in its native habitat the plant itself can still gather energy just by existing :D
Devin thank you for these Informations! I finally find a garden Center which can Provide me this great plant next year in April 😊 thank you so much for sharing this video! I love your channel and your treatment towards your plants! Greetings from austria 😇 🤗
Devin, this is the absolute best video I have come across on Adenium care. Thanks so,so much. Definitely saving to my video collection. Checking out your channel for further plant care . Again, kudos on a most magnificent video.
Thanks a lot for your information. I am at the stage of repoting and I will prune it today. I will put it outdoors and hope to get some flowers. I will fertilize it and hope for the best! Thank you so much for your detailed Teaching. God Bless!
Glad I found you! I just picked up 4 adeniums from a nursery and had NO idea what to do with them! I’ve watched some of your videos and have 3 dormant and 1 semi awake. I’m in Texas where we don’t have a lot of cold so hopefully I can get them back outside soon. Thank you again for the info!
Wonderful! Yes they are definitely best to start outside, they have a very difficult time acclimating if you start them indoors. Be very careful not to water them too or at all until they go out
I finally got the courage to prune my desert rose after watching your video. Though I wasn't brave enough to cut back the tap root yet. Should I put it in shade for a week now that I've pruned it, or leave it in full sun?
Devin, I love how your videos are so easy to understand and follow. I am a beginner at growing plants. I have a desert rose that has finally started blooming. It’s beautiful! How often do I water it while it is blooming? I live in zone 9a, Jax, Fl. It’s very hot and humid. We are in the 90’s everyday in the summer months. Should I leave it out in the hot, direct sun all day? I left my plants for 5 days to go camping. I returned and my desert rose is still blooming but a lot of the leaves have tuned yellow! It didn’t get any water while I was gone. What happened and how can I fix these? Thank you for your help.
Sometimes they’ll drop leaves while in bloom simply due to available nutrients being used on flower formation, it’s normal. In your region you can continue to water very regularly all summer and leave in the sun
Thank you for this educational video. I’ve had my dessert Rose plant for over 13 years. It basically hasn’t done much but gotten taller. I’ve never seen flowers 🌸 on it. I’ve pruned it once. I just threw it outside while watching the video because I’ve never put it outside before. I’m sure i over watered it for years. I want to prune some of its longer branches but I’m afraid to let it dry out. Maybe i can just prune it for now. Thanks again. I’m ready to stress this plant out 😅
Hi Devin lovely Informative video … Thank You for making me feel to look around for these Adenium Plants… Singapore has Adenium but everyone has Grafted ones … I loved the ones you have here 😊🤩 Any Idea where can I buy the ones you have ? Thanks 🙏
Great source of info, I’ve been obsessed with these plants for two years and grow my own from seeds. Have not tried cutting the tap roots yet, will next Spring!
Tq Devin, really helpful video 4me, tq for sharing your knowledge, You explained extremely well, thx a million...love & hugs from Kuala Lumpur Malaysia 🇲🇾
Great video :). I have several of these and one of mine was the target of my big dog who liked to kick it onto its side all summer to the point that its caudex is completely out of the substrate. The roots are all very healthy and plentiful though. It kept leaves as if it enjoyed the play. Now, I've brought them into the house for the winter and don't quite know what to do for the sideways plant with so much root it doesn't seem to know something bad happened. May I ask your advice? Should I plant it with a little of the caudex under the soil or leave it seemingly detached but still firmly fond of its plenteous roots? It's quite odd, poor thing, but quite healthy.
Hi Devin … I just happened to see your vidieo and liked it immensely .. very informative … I m a new gardener with just about learning to grow bonsai adeniums and I m your new subscriber now!
Enjoyed learning with your video. Question my plants set on my front porch they do not get any direct sun butt have indirect sunlight for 6 hours a day. Do they need the direct sun light?
@@plantvibrations sorry I didn’t tell you I’m in Texas 7B They are on the south side of the house, but have not flowered yet. They do have leaves and growing. Thank you Devin!
Thank you for a great video. I have one Adenium and it keeps developing brown leaf tips and dropping leaves. I didn't know I could have put it outside in the summer. I will next year for sure. Now with fall on the way, northern MN, when do I cut back on the watering? Thanks in advance.
Thanks so much for the great tips- I have had mine for about 4 years & this year was a first for flowers- we live in AZ- always put her outside in summer but hadn't been watering enough I guess
Thank you very much for informative video. I have one question: I just ordered 2 of very young Deser Rose plant. I believe they are 3-4 months old.When do they start blooming?
Thank you for the information. Ihave had my 2 desert roses for years now and it would only give me a few leaves before they fell off. And this would happen often in the summer. I will prune them at the end of spring and see how they do. Hopefully i dont murder them completely.
Great tutorial on desert roses! This helped me a lot. You have a knack for teaching. I would like to know the names of the plants behind you with pink and white flowers, please and thank you.
WOW so informative! I was gifted a desert rose a couple of years ago and I had no clue to how to care for her aside from watering when the soil was dry. Obviously very new to plant care. I mean she’s still alive so i wasn’t scrambling to find videos 101 haha I was very shocked to see you prune so aggressively and was cringing the entire time as i watched you but I now understand the purpose. She does have thinner, more delicate branches so hopefully by Aug/Sep (in LA) I can prune so she can grow back bolder. Thanks for giving me the knowledge & confidence! Hope to see some follow-up videos of those in this video.
I'm so new at this, I've had a plant for a year and it's just a skinny little stalk. It has a couple of leaves and a baby trunk. Do I cut it down or leave it alone? Thank you
Don’t cut it down! Watch this video Growing DESERT ROSE Adenium Throughout the Year - Complete Tutorial with Summer & Winter Tips ua-cam.com/video/kPVGJSuACAw/v-deo.html
Very helpful! I have 2 questions, I'm in zone 9b/10 & brought them inside this week as we are getting down to 50s. Can I propagate them now after trimming or wait til spring? 2nd, I rooted cutting 6 wks ago a & the leaves are coming in nicely. Can I transplant now or wait til spring?
Thanks for your instructions, I have a few Adeniums here in central Australia. Last winter we had a couple of rare bad frosts which damaged the plants, I should have moved them inside but frosts are fairly rare here. Anyway I used a clean sharp blade and removed the damaged branches before the rot set in. Thankfully the plants are recovering nicely and hopefully will survive ok. Last summer there were a few seed pods but I lost most of the seeds when the pods opened and the seeds blew away, this year I will try and save the seeds and plant them.
Hi Devin, I have odd long appendages growing on a couple if branches. What are these? & do I keep them or cut them off.? I took some photos but don't think they'll go thru. Please let me know. Thanks Paula Hicks
I have a super tall Adenium like six feet that I planted in the ground back in 2004, would you recommend doing all the things in you video like pulling it out of the ground trimming roots or should I just cut it off and leave in the ground?
After i potted mine in huge pots their caudex tripled in size in one season. I used to pot them in smaller pots but their growth is that much stronger in large pots.
Can you advise the best way to transplant a 6 foot desert rose tree with a very large codex/roots in our yard? I’ve trimmed many branches from it over the past few years and put them in pots and never had any die, they are all growing well. It’s an amazing beautiful plant, any advice would be greatly appreciated.
I love in the tropics. Our seasons here are wet and dry. For our kind of climate, what do you suggest I do? Those cut branches, that look thin, can they really develop that thick look of the caudax(sp?)
your climate is perfect for them, just keep them outside all year and they'll thrive. the plant i demonstrated has got me second guessing if it was sold to me as a cutting initially instead of a seed driven plant. plants from cuttings will thicken over time but not get a totally gnarled trunk, like i was hoping for
Hi. Thank You for a very informative video. My desert rose has shot up 20cm and is rather scrawny. It has only a trunk with 10 leaves on top and no branching. When is it safe to trunk chop to shorten my plant and hopefully start branching.
In the Arizona low desert I grow mine in a bonsai mix. I water daily, sometimes twice in the hottest months and I use a 20/20/20 Peter’s fertilizer every 2 weeks, Super Thrive and Epsom salts in between. They grow like weeds and bloom like crazy.
@@plantvibrations haha, we have to take them in from Late November through early March. Yesterday morning it was 33 degrees in my back yard at 5 AM. The desert gets a lot cooler than you might think.
Great video! I got busy and haven’t done my pruning or repotting yet. I’ll wait until May. New Subbie BTW! Thanks for the content. Gonna be useful on my journey starting my Desert Rose nursery and growing from Seed. From my plant I got as a gift several years ago, I grew a seed pod and harvested the seeds. I got my first babies grown from my own hand with about 100% germination rate with my method. They are two months old today. I’ll be posting their progress on my channel soon. Happy growing!!
They were surprising easy to germinate. The trick was catching the seed pods before they exploded outside. I cut them off when they were turning brown and put inside a container. Glad I did. It was almost like a large milkweed blew up. I pulled the large fluff off the end and just pressed into regular garden soil in a seed tray. After a good watering, I put in a large, clear bag to keep moist and in a short time, there were little plants popping up.
I recently purchased the variegated Desert Rose.. and after several weeks, it did bloom.. I had one bloom open and the other 2 fell off.. Now the leaves are turning brown (like one side of the leaf, not the entire leaf)... I feel like I am not overwatering.. Its been very hot and humid here in PA for the past several weeks, and I have had the plant in outside in the sun.. Any tips to alleviate the browning of the leaves.. THanks so much .. I will be purchasing a different fertilizer for my desert Rose... Thanks for these videos
Sometimes that browning may occur as old leaves finish and get ready to be replaced by new ones. You can try increasing water if you find it is too dry for too long
Thanks Devin, I had no idea what to do with this plant! I am not having much luck with them so I will start over with a new one. I have many plants that are beautiful but not my Desert rose.
Hi, I'm late in learning about proper care of these beauties! We wre gifted a small plant about 3 yrs ago. I haven't taken time to check out these pointers until now! I live in deep south Texas near the border. The plant has grown well. I had a neighbor that asked my husband if she could take a cutting from it. I learned about it after the fact, but it appears to be doing ok. Now my sister is visiting and wanting a cutting. We are mid October & weather is mostly warm yet in 90s. It is in a larger pot now, maybe more than should be? It's never been brought indoors since the pot is heavy. Is our location okay to not move it & is this weather zone suitable to do major pruning at this time or should I wait until next spring? Sorry for the length of inquiry, but would like to do it right + start more cuttings for more plants. Thanks!
You are an expert at this. I have searched many videos and no one compares to you knowledge and precise teaching. Thank you.
What a great compliment :-)
Thank you for posting this tutorial, I have 2 desert rose plants and I needed some of the information you shared with us. You explain in a very understandable way for all to understand. Desert Rose care for dummies. 🤣
Glad it was helpful!
I didn’t realize you could trim the tape root. No one I’ve listened to has ever mentioned it and I’ve been searching for that answer. Thank you for sharing that part of your trim process.
Yes! My plant’s girth has increased by about 50% since this video :)
Thank you Devin, I’ve learned so much!
Your tutorials are great. Straight to the point and no rambling. 😊
Thank you :))
Devin, I have a huge Adenium and was looking for some tips on pruning/shaping it and found this video. I thought it was excellent. I don't know if you have had speech, or actor's training, but technically I think you are a good presenter! You enunciate clearly; neither speak too fast, nor too slow; you give very useful information that is well organized and understandable; and you have a natural likable relatable personality on camera. I like that you list your tools and links where to buy. AND I especially appreciate and LIKE that you didn't play some awful music through the whole video as some of these UA-camrs do! So thanks.
P.S. I live in sub tropical zone and my large Adenium stays outside year round. I think I covered it one time with a an old sheet when we had a hard freeze warning. It was cool/dry season and it was in dormancy anyway, but I covered it.
You’re so lucky to be able to grow them in the landscape! Have you tried propagating them? I have a nice video showing how :) and thank you! For my ‘real’ job, I present plants on the tv channel QVC here in the states
@@plantvibrations Aha! I was going to say you should be on TV, but you already ARE! Yay! Was just considering trying to propagate, since I will have plenty of cuttings after pruning. Will def be watching more of your videos! And will look for you on QVC! Thanks for all the good info.
Awesome video! Everything I had seen was to keep them dryer as they are like succulents. Mine are so leggy... This was a blessing. Thank you so much! Be blessed in the name of Jesus!🥰
Praises to the Most High
Thx for the solid advice!
And you can keep them growing in winter. I planted mine in October, 4 months later they're 30cm. Using a tent, 20-22C, 18hrs light, only like 80W per square meter.
Ohhh nice!! Yes the tent is the way to go indoors for continued growth!
Yes, Sir! Your video is very informative. I have learned a lot with this one video. Thank you
You’re very welcome!
Thanks Devin. Definitely the best video for the desert rose care. And the most professional. You obviously know what your talking about!
I appreciate that!
Devin. Hello from. Pakistan.
This is best tutorial video on adenium. Bruef, fluent and to the point. Am your fan now.
Keep it up.
Burhan
Thank you burhan!! i appreciate it
Thanks!
Thanks for watching 🥳
Greetings Devin. The desert rose plants look especially beautiful in those terracotta pots. 👍
Yes they do don’t they?!!
Thank you, luv it! Luv your easy to follow techniques.
Thanks for watching :)
So glad I found you. I’m in NEPA myself. Work in a nursery, bonsai artist and plant nut.
Awesome!! i love the plant community in our region. thanks for joining
Very useful presentation ! Clear and good time management.
Happy to help!
Excellent! I grow a number of desert rose plants. This was a well-made tutorial. Love these plants!! I was blessed to grow up with these growing wild. Keep up your outstanding videos!!!
Wow that’s amazing! I’ve never seen them in the wild, yet!
Thanks! Would really enjoy meeting you sometime. Yes... I grew up in Africa just south of the Sahara Desert. These plants thrive in what we call the "bush". Again Devin - well done! Enjoy all your videos.
I so wish I had watched this sooner. My desert rose had a caudex that was as big as my head. I made the mistake of watering it weekly in the winter. When I went to do the early prune, it was mush down to the core. A sad day but I’ve learned a new lesson..
Omg my heart is crying reading that!
Came across your videos today. I'm impressed. You are talking calmly and very clear. I have over a thousand seeds to plant in the next few days...Thanks - from South Africa
Wow!! That’s amazing! All the same species?
@@plantvibrations Yes. All Adenium seeds. Mainly Swazi lilly's. A disturbingly threatened spesie.
Wow. Great info. I’m a new plant parent and I’m so excited about my desert rose. Just replanted it. And anxiously waiting to move it outside. Thanks.
Best of luck! You got this
I like ur house atmosphere, it's awesome
Glad you like it!
Hi Devin! Thank you for posting this tutorial! I have 3 desert rose plants and I needed to know how to care for them in the wintertime. Love your channel! ❤️❤️❤️
Give this a try, it’s very rewarding!
Hi Devin I’m new to this gardening world and although I have a few house plants mostly succulents I don’t know much about caring for them also I have been trying to grow avocado plants from seeds. I would had two plants in pots that I moved outside now that it’s not summer and this week I discovered both of them with leaves shriveled up the biggest was lacking water and the other possibly to much so I’m looking forward to learning more from channels like yours so I can enjoy gardening
Hi devin I have a question how long does it usually take for the trunk to get fat because right now the trunk on mine is the size of a pinball
@@ChrisThomas-it4tk seedlings already have a thicker trunk
Hii Devin.. Now I become a new subscriber of your channel.. You videos are really very informative.. Keep shining always🤗🤗
Awww thank you for joining the plant vibes!!
Devin is Awesome!
Thank you for your knowledge and helpfulness on the desert rose. Please continue to make videos. They really do help us all out.😊 Now I will look at your other tutorials for help when needed.
Thank you so much Debra! I hope you find more helpful videos in my catalogue!
Is osmocote a good fertilizer to use? Love this video. So informative!
Yes it is, I use it!
Thanks! Chopping my DS today to make her bushier!
Good luck!
@@plantvibrations I did it! Lets wait and See.
Just found your tutorials today while researching my new desert rose. Thank you so much! Going to give the pretty little thing a new improved pot today! ❤️
Wonderful!
Very Good information, Ty! Dawn
My pleasure
gREAT INFO. Thanks. I am using cinnamon and also sulfur dust. Been doing lots of pruning.. Wife hates the mutilation:) I use a hairdryer or electric fan overnight to dry out the DR. I learned this from cacti cuttings over the years. They are completely dry overnight.
Great tip! Thanks for sharing!!
I hate it too! I feel for your wife. Looks so brutal …but seeing this video I see it is important. I was actually searching for ways to weave or braid the long floppy ends together ..eek! So glad I found this video before making that mistake.
Thanks for all the info! I am a beginner desert rose lover.ha. I’m trying to read and hear all I can to produce more branches and flowers. You are so clear and knowledgeable! Looking forward to further info!
So happy to help!
I've had Adeniums for 30 years now. I've learned some things. Mine come indoors as soon as nights get 50 to 45. Sometimes during early fall I set them out in the day and in the garage at night. At some point I give up on warm weather and put them in a corner of my office by mid November. I shut the water off except for one or two light drinks. They lose all their leaves sitting there in very low light. Sometime usually in Mar I will notice some tiny buds breaking and give them a decent drink. We don't get warm here until mid Apr or later, so I play a delay game. Just enough water to keep things moving along slowly until they can go outside in mid May keeping in mind late frosts. Once they go out, I found as you state, they can take plenty of water. That surprised me
Since they naturally live in nutrient poor soils, I have avoided fertilizing them. That is going to change. I have never pruned mine and my present two are quite leggy. I never knew how or whether the time was right. Now they are going to the butcher shop as soon as flowering is over. 45 years ago I was a plant propagator in charge of rooting 100000s of cuttings a year. It got burned into my brain then, that growing plants is to a large part about timing is everything. You just filled me in on the timing pieces I was missing that will make my wonderful Adeniums even greater. Thank you. Mine are good right now, 5" caudex and 24" tall. But they could be a lot fuller. Now I know how to get there. I might send some before and afters if things turn out right.
Your growing regiment sounds exactly like mine! I’m glad we both have found the same process! I’d love to see photos of your plants, they sound amazing, feel free to send me photos via Instagram if desired
To keep feeder roots you should water in winter (once every 1 or 2 months), if you dont give rhem water those roots will die off. When summer starts, those dessicated roots will start to decompose and that will increase the chance of root rot. This is not meant as a criticism, but to explain part of why you don't want it to dry out completely :)
Personally I also believe it's detrimental to prune. You want as few branches as possible. The way to do that is by not pruning it. When you prune it, it will not grow a thicker caudex, it will focus its energy on growing new branches. All the weight on those long branches will also increase the thickness of the branch and this also has an effect on the caudex (like how bonsai growers have sacrificial branches). Pruning is what you do for shaping the branches, not for the caudex.
In my experience, overfeeding, specifically overfeeding nitrogen, will cause more branch growth and less caudex growth.
Experiment with this stuff yourself, get 20 seeds and treat half of them with no pruning and the other with pruning. In my own observations the plant least messed with tends to grow the biggest. But that is ofcourse only my experience/opinion :)
And fun fact. The reason you can defiolate without much issue. Is that the caudex itself is also capable of photosynthesis. The leaves are way better at it, but when it's dry in its native habitat the plant itself can still gather energy just by existing :D
Thanks for sharing your experiences
Devin thank you for these Informations! I finally find a garden Center which can Provide me this great plant next year in April 😊 thank you so much for sharing this video! I love your channel and your treatment towards your plants! Greetings from austria 😇 🤗
Sweeeeet!! You will love it. Place it outside on your rooftop!
@@plantvibrations i will send you the first pic when i get my New Baby 😊 thank you so much have a great sunday 🤗🙏😊
Very interesting. After cutting what cream u put in the cutting eria
Cinnamon
I recently got one of these plants & came here looking for tips. Great videos, looking forward to more :)
Awesome! Thank you!
Devin, this is the absolute best video I have come across on Adenium care. Thanks so,so much. Definitely saving to my video collection. Checking out your channel for further plant care . Again, kudos on a most magnificent video.
Glad it was helpful! That makes me so happy to hear
So happy to find you. Happy Easter.
Happy Easter to you!!
So thankful for all the information!!! I didn’t even know what plant I had and now I can properly take care of her to bring her to full potential!
Awesome!! I’m glad you were able to figure out what it was and now care for it properly!
I would love to see a video on saving the pieces you cut off from the desert rose.
I am currently in the process of filming that exact video! so be sure to be on the lookout
Thanks a lot for your information. I am at the stage of repoting and I will prune it today. I will put it outdoors and hope to get some flowers. I will fertilize it and hope for the best! Thank you so much for your detailed Teaching. God Bless!
Blessings to you!
Thanks mate. I got lots of information from your video. I am new to the adenium world. 👍
They can require a bit of finesse so just be patient
Thank you very much for this. Could you please work a dortenia gigas in care video in to your library? Pretty please???
I need to get one of them!!
Glad I found you! I just picked up 4 adeniums from a nursery and had NO idea what to do with them! I’ve watched some of your videos and have 3 dormant and 1 semi awake. I’m in Texas where we don’t have a lot of cold so hopefully I can get them back outside soon. Thank you again for the info!
Wonderful! Yes they are definitely best to start outside, they have a very difficult time acclimating if you start them indoors. Be very careful not to water them too or at all until they go out
I have loads of desert rose back home in the Philippines ❤❤❤
Oh I bet they grow amazingly there!
Thank you for an excellent video. Once the roots are pruned and repotted, how should the plant be watered ? Thank you.
It is best to keep it on the dry side while it recuperates for the following 4-6 weeks, watering just once a week or so
Thank you
You are an excellent teacher, great content, you were clear, which I appreciate. Thank you for sharing your time and knowledge. Good job!
I appreciate that!
so beautiful thanks for sharing really helpful very informative stay blessed😍😍😍
Blessings to you!!
Great info, What do you use to protect plant from caterpillars, every summer mine get attacked by them?
Thank you
Jerry
Hmm that’s nothing something I’ve dealt with before
Thank you for this video. Very thorough! I am trimming mine now!
Glad it was helpful!
This was an excellent video and I've watched many on this subject.
thank you for your kind words. hope it was helpful
I finally got the courage to prune my desert rose after watching your video. Though I wasn't brave enough to cut back the tap root yet. Should I put it in shade for a week now that I've pruned it, or leave it in full sun?
Great job! Place it in the shade!
Devin, I love how your videos are so easy to understand and follow. I am a beginner at growing plants. I have a desert rose that has finally started blooming. It’s beautiful! How often do I water it while it is blooming? I live in zone 9a, Jax, Fl. It’s very hot and humid. We are in the 90’s everyday in the summer months. Should I leave it out in the hot, direct sun all day? I left my plants for 5 days to go camping. I returned and my desert rose is still blooming but a lot of the leaves have tuned yellow! It didn’t get any water while I was gone. What happened and how can I fix these? Thank you for your help.
Sometimes they’ll drop leaves while in bloom simply due to available nutrients being used on flower formation, it’s normal. In your region you can continue to water very regularly all summer and leave in the sun
Thank you for this educational video. I’ve had my dessert Rose plant for over 13 years. It basically hasn’t done much but gotten taller. I’ve never seen flowers 🌸 on it. I’ve pruned it once. I just threw it outside while watching the video because I’ve never put it outside before. I’m sure i over watered it for years. I want to prune some of its longer branches but I’m afraid to let it dry out. Maybe i can just prune it for now. Thanks again. I’m ready to stress this plant out 😅
It will greatly appreciate the outdoor weather!!
Hi Devin lovely Informative video … Thank You for making me feel to look around for these Adenium Plants… Singapore has Adenium but everyone has Grafted ones … I loved the ones you have here 😊🤩
Any Idea where can I buy the ones you have ? Thanks 🙏
It can be very challenging to track down the non grafted ones. Perhaps search for some seeds to grow them
Thank you for all the help. I just brought mine in for winter. So no water till april/may?
That is correct!
Great source of info, I’ve been obsessed with these plants for two years and grow my own from seeds. Have not tried cutting the tap roots yet, will next Spring!
That’s amazing, I’ve never grown from seed, I can imagine how satisfying that must be!
Tq Devin, really helpful video 4me, tq for sharing your knowledge, You explained extremely well, thx a million...love & hugs from Kuala Lumpur Malaysia 🇲🇾
Glad it was helpful! ❤️
Im just getting my 1st bloom after 3 yrs!!
Ooooh congrats!
Great video :). I have several of these and one of mine was the target of my big dog who liked to kick it onto its side all summer to the point that its caudex is completely out of the substrate. The roots are all very healthy and plentiful though. It kept leaves as if it enjoyed the play. Now, I've brought them into the house for the winter and don't quite know what to do for the sideways plant with so much root it doesn't seem to know something bad happened. May I ask your advice? Should I plant it with a little of the caudex under the soil or leave it seemingly detached but still firmly fond of its plenteous roots? It's quite odd, poor thing, but quite healthy.
Hi! I’m having trouble envisioning the plant, feel free to send photos via Instagram and perhaps I’ll have an idea
Great information! Love Adeniums and just started to experiment with grafting,just learnt heaps about them from your video.
Thank you! from Australia.
Love it! i hope there was some helpful information!
Thank you so very much!! Extremely informative and helpful video!
You are so welcome!
New subscriber and loved your video on caring for a desert rose.
ThNk you Linda!
Hi Devin … I just happened to see your vidieo and liked it immensely .. very informative … I m a new gardener with just about learning to grow bonsai adeniums and I m your new subscriber now!
Awesome!! I have a video about propagating them in the works
Love all your videos.
Great advice.
Thank you :-)
Enjoyed learning with your video. Question my plants set on my front porch they do not get any direct sun butt have indirect sunlight for 6 hours a day. Do they need the direct sun light?
Depends on your climate. If they look healthy with lots of foliage and flower regularly, let them be. Otherwise you could increase light
@@plantvibrations sorry I didn’t tell you I’m in Texas 7B They are on the south side of the house, but have not flowered yet. They do have leaves and growing. Thank you Devin!
It's official, your a desert rose genius 😊
Hahah more like a gardener that has killed enough of them to figure out what they don’t like!
@@plantvibrationsI can't wait to try these tips. Lol I know what you mean, that's how I learn by messing up😊
Hi Devin, thanks for the video it really helps me understand how to care for my new Adeniums. I can't wait for your video on how to grow the cuttings.
Awesome!! Glad to help!
Thank you for a great video. I have one Adenium and it keeps developing brown leaf tips and dropping leaves. I didn't know I could have put it outside in the summer. I will next year for sure. Now with fall on the way, northern MN, when do I cut back on the watering? Thanks in advance.
Now is a great time to begin cutting back on water but not completely. Restrict water totally as they move into dormancy probably mid November
Thanks so much for the great tips- I have had mine for about 4 years & this year was a first for flowers- we live in AZ- always put her outside in summer but hadn't been watering enough I guess
Yes they love the regular watering in summer. Took me much trial and error to discover that
Thank you very much for informative video. I have one question: I just ordered 2 of very young Deser Rose plant. I believe they are 3-4 months old.When do they start blooming?
Next summer
Thank you for the information. Ihave had my 2 desert roses for years now and it would only give me a few leaves before they fell off. And this would happen often in the summer. I will prune them at the end of spring and see how they do. Hopefully i dont murder them completely.
Thank you. I've learned sooo much.
I'm so glad!
Great tutorial on desert roses! This helped me a lot. You have a knack for teaching. I would like to know the names of the plants behind you with pink and white flowers, please and thank you.
Thanks!! I believe you’re referring to the Sunpatiens
@@plantvibrations Thank you! How many sunpatien plants in those containers? I would love a large display like that!
Great video. Love these plants but no clue how to care for them. Thanks.
I have another video how to care for them
WOW so informative! I was gifted a desert rose a couple of years ago and I had no clue to how to care for her aside from watering when the soil was dry. Obviously very new to plant care. I mean she’s still alive so i wasn’t scrambling to find videos 101 haha I was very shocked to see you prune so aggressively and was cringing the entire time as i watched you but I now understand the purpose. She does have thinner, more delicate branches so hopefully by Aug/Sep (in LA) I can prune so she can grow back bolder. Thanks for giving me the knowledge & confidence! Hope to see some follow-up videos of those in this video.
Awesome!! I hope it instilled some confidence in your abilities!
Desert roses are an amazing plant 👍
Yesss, they're one of my favorites
I'm so new at this, I've had a plant for a year and it's just a skinny little stalk. It has a couple of leaves and a baby trunk. Do I cut it down or leave it alone? Thank you
Don’t cut it down! Watch this video Growing DESERT ROSE Adenium Throughout the Year - Complete Tutorial with Summer & Winter Tips
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Thanks Devin tips were very helpful!❤❤I'm new to the channel
Thanks for joining!!
Very helpful! I have 2 questions, I'm in zone 9b/10 & brought them inside this week as we are getting down to 50s. Can I propagate them now after trimming or wait til spring? 2nd, I rooted cutting 6 wks ago a & the leaves are coming in nicely. Can I transplant now or wait til spring?
I would wait and do both next spring once they are permanently back outside
Thanks for your instructions, I have a few Adeniums here in central Australia. Last winter we had a couple of rare bad frosts which damaged the plants, I should have moved them inside but frosts are fairly rare here. Anyway I used a clean sharp blade and removed the damaged branches before the rot set in. Thankfully the plants are recovering nicely and hopefully will survive ok. Last summer there were a few seed pods but I lost most of the seeds when the pods opened and the seeds blew away, this year I will try and save the seeds and plant them.
I have never grown them from seed before but from what I understand they take pretty well. best of luck!!
Hi Devin, I have odd long appendages growing on a couple if branches. What are these? & do I keep them or cut them off.? I took some photos but don't think they'll go thru. Please let me know. Thanks Paula Hicks
Hey Paula you can send pics via Instagram
I have a super tall Adenium like six feet that I planted in the ground back in 2004, would you recommend doing all the things in you video like pulling it out of the ground trimming roots or should I just cut it off and leave in the ground?
I would just cut the stems back and don’t worry about the roots!
After i potted mine in huge pots their caudex tripled in size in one season. I used to pot them in smaller pots but their growth is that much stronger in large pots.
Do you keep yours outside year round?
@@plantvibrations no, i live in the Netherlands, too cold here
Can you advise the best way to transplant a 6 foot desert rose tree with a very large codex/roots in our yard?
I’ve trimmed many branches from it over the past few years and put them in pots and never had any die, they are all growing well. It’s an amazing beautiful plant, any advice would be greatly appreciated.
The best thing to do would be in the cooler, moisture months to ensure it stays hydrated. Otherwise should be nothing special!
I love in the tropics. Our seasons here are wet and dry. For our kind of climate, what do you suggest I do? Those cut branches, that look thin, can they really develop that thick look of the caudax(sp?)
your climate is perfect for them, just keep them outside all year and they'll thrive. the plant i demonstrated has got me second guessing if it was sold to me as a cutting initially instead of a seed driven plant. plants from cuttings will thicken over time but not get a totally gnarled trunk, like i was hoping for
Hi. Thank You for a very informative video. My desert rose has shot up 20cm and is rather scrawny. It has only a trunk with 10 leaves on top and no branching. When is it safe to trunk chop to shorten my plant and hopefully start branching.
Now is the optimal time for northern hemisphere
Many Thanks
Aside for cinnamon powder, is there any other powder we can put for the open part of the cuttings?.. thank you
I am not sure!
Great info! I'm finding good draining soil is essential.
Absolutely!
Awesome! Great information!
Happy to help!
In the Arizona low desert I grow mine in a bonsai mix. I water daily, sometimes twice in the hottest months and I use a 20/20/20 Peter’s fertilizer every 2 weeks, Super Thrive and Epsom salts in between. They grow like weeds and bloom like crazy.
Dang I love that! I wish I could grow mine outdoors year round, they’re so lovely
@@plantvibrations haha, we have to take them in from Late November through early March. Yesterday morning it was 33 degrees in my back yard at 5 AM. The desert gets a lot cooler than you might think.
Great video! I got busy and haven’t done my pruning or repotting yet. I’ll wait until May. New Subbie BTW! Thanks for the content. Gonna be useful on my journey starting my Desert Rose nursery and growing from Seed. From my plant I got as a gift several years ago, I grew a seed pod and harvested the seeds. I got my first babies grown from my own hand with about 100% germination rate with my method. They are two months old today. I’ll be posting their progress on my channel soon. Happy growing!!
That’s amazing!! I’ve never tried growing from seed so I really need to attempt it!
They were surprising easy to germinate. The trick was catching the seed pods before they exploded outside. I cut them off when they were turning brown and put inside a container. Glad I did. It was almost like a large milkweed blew up. I pulled the large fluff off the end and just pressed into regular garden soil in a seed tray. After a good watering, I put in a large, clear bag to keep moist and in a short time, there were little plants popping up.
Great advice, Thank You!
Thanks for watching!
I recently purchased the variegated Desert Rose.. and after several weeks, it did bloom.. I had one bloom open and the other 2 fell off.. Now the leaves are turning brown (like one side of the leaf, not the entire leaf)... I feel like I am not overwatering.. Its been very hot and humid here in PA for the past several weeks, and I have had the plant in outside in the sun.. Any tips to alleviate the browning of the leaves.. THanks so much .. I will be purchasing a different fertilizer for my desert Rose... Thanks for these videos
Sometimes that browning may occur as old leaves finish and get ready to be replaced by new ones. You can try increasing water if you find it is too dry for too long
Thanks Devin, I had no idea what to do with this plant! I am not having much luck with them so I will start over with a new one. I have many plants that are beautiful but not my Desert rose.
This one can bring quite tricky. I have killed a few and learned what not to do along the way!
@@plantvibrations Thanks for your feedback!
Any vids on growing them by seed ? I have seen a multi coloured plant which was grafted Do you know how to graft different colours on the one trunk ??
I don’t have any videos on that unfortunately
Thank you so much this video is very informative and to the point keep shining
thank you Denise!!
I am ready for pruning 😊....thank you❤
Most welcome 😊
Great info. Love your channel.
Thanks Marija for your support
Hi, I'm late in learning about proper care of these beauties! We wre gifted a small plant about 3 yrs ago. I haven't taken time to check out these pointers until now! I live in deep south Texas near the border. The plant has grown well. I had a neighbor that asked my husband if she could take a cutting from it. I learned about it after the fact, but it appears to be doing ok. Now my sister is visiting and wanting a cutting. We are mid October & weather is mostly warm yet in 90s. It is in a larger pot now, maybe more than should be? It's never been brought indoors since the pot is heavy. Is our location okay to not move it & is this weather zone suitable to do major pruning at this time or should I wait until next spring? Sorry for the length of inquiry, but would like to do it right + start more cuttings for more plants. Thanks!
I think in your area it should be ok outside all year. They can handle to 40F. I would wait to do the cuttings until spring though
When you bring it indoors and provide enough light with a grow light, does it still go dormant?
Some years they’ll hold on to their foliage and some years they lose it
@@plantvibrations Thank you so much!
Do I need to bring the plant inside in Zone 10 during the winter?
Nope