Description: Adenium obesum CultureWinter hardy to USDA Zone 11. North of USDA Zone 11, plants should be grown in containers and overwintered indoors. In containers, desert rose is best grown in a loose, sandy or gravelly, well-drained soil mix in full sun. Plants have excellent heat tolerance. Apply regular moisture during periods of growth, but allow soils to dry between waterings. Regular applications of fertilizer in spring will help promote flowering. Plants can be left outdoors in sunny locations during the summer. As soon as temperatures begin to dip below 55 degrees F. in autumn, bring containers indoors to sunny but cool locations with reduced watering. Plants usually lose their leaves in winter and go into a dormancy-like period. For container plants, the best caudex usually develops from seed-grown plants. Noteworthy CharacteristicsAdenium obesum, commonly called desert rose, is a thick-stemmed sparsely-leaved perennial succulent that is native to semi- arid, sub-Saharan regions of eastern and southwestern Africa plus the Arabian peninsula. In the wild, this plant will eventually rise to 6-9' tall, but will grow much smaller in containers. It forms a broad, swollen, often grotesque caudex (usually partially buried underground) from which rise twisted leafless gray-green to brown branches. Leathery, spirally-arranged, fleshy, ovate, gray-green leaves (to 4" long) appear at the stem tips. Narrow, bell-shaped, salverform flowers (to 2" across), each with five spreading lobes and five protruding stamens, are red, pink or rose with white to pale yellow throats. In the wild, flowers bloom in summer with some irregular continued bloom throughout the year. As houseplants, flowers typically bloom only in summer. Genus name is the Latinized Arabic name aden used for Adenium obesum. Specific epithet means fat or succulent. All goods are packed securely.We respect and value our clients.We only sell fresh and organic seeds from Ukraine.If you are unsatisfied, please send the item back to us intact and we will refund.All questions can be resolved in the process of correspondence.Stay healthy and shop in our store!
Price: 4.99 USD
Location: Odesa
End Time: 2024-12-01T19:38:26.000Z
Shipping Cost: 7.99 USD
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All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Brand: Euroseedsua
Outdoor-Indoor:: Outdoor
Style:: Open Polinared
Color:: mixed
Custom Bundle: No
Genus:: Adenium
Type:: Flower seeds
Features:: Flowering
Season:: Summer, Spring
Country/Region of Manufacture: Thailand
Modified Item: No
Climate:: Temperate, Sub-tropical
