Desert Rose | Care Tips, Soil, Repot with me!

[@daleandrews3552]

Hi Nicole, I'm a "liker" and subscriber from Lake Charles, LA who has 4 Adenium obesums and 2 A. Arabicums. I certainly didn't realize there were so many channels out there devoted to this plant! Now I don't even have to buy any books about them with all the instructional videos there are out there. They are interesting and beautiful plants that are easy to take care of and really don't require that much attention, which I love. I am, however, moving them daily from my shaded patio to direct sun so they get at least 6 hours daily. I fed them a couple of weeks ago with 1/2 strenghth 20-20-20 Ferti.lome granular fertilizer. I learned long ago it's better to err on the side of being too weak rather than strong with the fertilizer! Good luck with yours and always, happy gardening! 🪴

[@markspera5247]

They will drop leaves in the winter they go through a dormancy period. They require very little water during this time. Lots of pearlite added to the mix also helps. Fast draining is very important. Full sun is a must for them to flower.

[@dopie7142]

Love this video. Don't worry about the noise normal people have that all the time. ❤

[@maryoverton1126]

I have a total of 5 desert roses. I'm in south Alabama and have mine outside on screened porch. Couple weeks ago one just started dropping leaves! Scared me but then came the buds and finally got blooms on one! Other 4 haven't bloomed yet and are 2 years old

[@carolficorilli9768]

I use the cactus and succulent soil and I add extra perlite. works good.

[@anothernight82]

I like the way you decorated it with the rocks in that plant pot. I’ve heard of that plant just a few short months ago. I can’t wait to see yours bloom!

[@MyCleanLeaves]

Thank you! Yes I’ll definitely show some updates :)

[@sowens1917]

Your plant is gorgeous! I hope mine does well. Thank you for the informati e video!😊😊

[@marieandruby]

Didn't know much about the desert rose. Thanks for this video. Had no idea it has such a pretty flower!

[@MyCleanLeaves]

Yes! Me either until I did my research!

[@melanieryder2630]

Thank you for this video! I just got a desert rose today, and I really hope it thrives! It's such a beautiful plant!

[@MyCleanLeaves]

That’s so fun!! Enjoy!

[@GabrielHernandez-br5qk]

Just a tip for anyone who just got one that has been working great for my Desert Rose, instead of using regular potting soil I planted mine in a cactus and succulent mix, which is almost 50% stones (volcanic stones and other kinds I don't remember) my plant has loved it so far, she's already blooming and producing secondary branches. Also, I'd recommend using organic fertilizers to reduce the risk of over or under feeding, really cool plant glad I got mine on sale for $20 😄

[@carolficorilli9768]

do not use regular potting soil with desert roses.

[@cherylbreedlove6211]

I have probably more than a dozen desert roses and grew most from seed. I have a few that flower a lot and some that have never flowered. I only water mine once a week and it’s hot in Central Texas with very high humidity. I have most in terra cotta as they will rot quickly if they stay wet. I use organic plant food by espoma with every watering tho when I mix up a tub of fertilizer I do mix in some osmocote for a slow feed as well. I mix in some orchid bark and some expanded shale. It’s a fast draining soil. Desert Roses are really cool plants.

[@cherylbreedlove6211]

Also when I repot I remove all the dirt and expose a little more of the caudex as that helps it grow larger. I hope it gives you lots of gorgeous flowers!

[@MyCleanLeaves]

That’s great info and WOW! How awesome you grow them from seed!

[@cherylbreedlove6211]

They’re super easy to grow from seed and sprout in just a few days.

[@antoniogarcia1847]

Cheryl Breedlove where did you get the desert rose seeds?

[@carynludwig6667]

Did you do an update on the desert rose? Did it ever bloom for you? When did you take it inside for the winter?

[@MyCleanLeaves]

I brought it in early October and it did bloom!! But I over watered it over winter and it got root rot and died. 😞 I have to try again!!!

[@carynludwig6667]

Don’t give up...they are worth figuring out. I killed off my first attempt, also. Recently bought a set of 5 almost year old starts on Amazon (shipped from a nursery in Arizona). I live in Montana. Researched and Found a better potting medium and plan on barely watering over winter....also putting in a south facing window for maximum light. So far, so good....getting too cold at night even now to put them outside, don’t want to shock them anymore than they already have been with shipping and repotting.

[@jdmosaics]

My Clean Leaves hi maybe try putting a pieces of fly wire netting over the drainage holes and then some larger stones or scoria in the bottom of the pot before placing any soil in. This makes sure the holes stay open. When you water soil and have no filters the damp soil can fill in the drainage holes and the roots get too wet and stay wet. Cheers

[@elizabethanderson5163]

My Desert Rose plant I bought this year was only $5! I got it on clearance at Walmart and it's a little bigger than yours. I hadn't even heard of them before I got min lol but it was on clearance so I got it!

[@barbiesoli6825]

I got a very small one, gives tiny leaves nothing else , what am i doing wrong? I'm on sone 5, Pa.

[@rubyruby6358]

@@barbiesoli6825 Winter inside, little water, sometimes they drop every leaf but they are still alive and will rebloom closer to summer when they have full sunlight and longer days. I have several and unless the caudex is spongy they are still ok. Good luck!

[@DawnoftheJungle]

You’re awesome!! Perfect info!! Thank youuuuuu lol I just got one for my anniversary too 😂

[@MyCleanLeaves]

Happy anniversary!

[@carolficorilli9768]

you can use epsom salts or sulphur to help with flowers, etc. as well.

[@seantran1285]

Hi, I also live in the Midwest, which growlight do you recommend? Thank you!

[@MyCleanLeaves]

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[@jotye1]

Was watching Simply Alisha video and she mentioned your channel .I had to come watch a few of your videos and I love them! I also live in the Chicago land area so it's so kool to see someone in my area that loves plants! I'll be watching you for now on. Great plant! 👍😍

[@MyCleanLeaves]

Oh thank you!!! She’s so fun!

[@bfream7426]

Super helpful!! I just bought one of these and have been struggling to get a bloom :((

[@kriskrischi7571]

I have 2 that are about 4 inches tall right now that I grew from seed! They're either yellow or pink, lol. But I dont know yet because they haven't flowered yet. I also just got some more seeds in! I have 2 purple and some creamy pink double ruffle! Thry just sprouted and I'm planting them in their own pots in the morning. I'll post photos on IG. 😃 Loved your video btw! Very informative! However mine down here actually like a bit more water than recommended. I believe it has to do with maybe so much humidity and higher temps? They've been enjoying this extremely wet spring and summer here this year, for sure. They're growing like weeds this year!

[@MyCleanLeaves]

Wow girl that’s incredible! Send me pics on IG!

[@jessicam5090]

This had made me want a desert rose! They are just so simple but beautiful

[@MyCleanLeaves]

Right?! And I love the foliage 💚

[@drannymama]

If I water my plant and it looks like the water isnt getting absorbed, and soil remains damp, but leaves look good, should I just wait and see what happens? Her trunk is a bit wrinklie, how do I know if it needs different soil. I just planted it maybe two months ago.

[@MyCleanLeaves]

I would hold off it may be in dormancy. If it starts dropping leaves I’d repot as it may be root rot

[@JerseyGardening2020]

Thank yoi for sharing the care tips. I am planning to get one for me. Any online site to get them. Ty Joined you!!

[@elizabethgreco-nieves3667]

Love the desert rose You chose a great planter, it looks so cute, especially when it blooms. Undo the same thing and add river rocks, a nice touch plus like you said it keep pests to a minimum 😉🤞

[@MyCleanLeaves]

Nice! Thanks!!

[@jennywatkins2005]

I can't wait to get a dessert rose again. Love them

[@MyCleanLeaves]

They’re so cool. The base alone .. 😍

[@scintilae670]

The desert rose likes drought.. tough love. It blooms at hot sunny days with no water. Maybe water it once every two to three weeks. Maybe a twice during the hottest summer days.

[@kimhumiston2686]

I hope you do an update on how your desert rose is doing. I have just gotten 2 and I am trying to learn all I can about them.

[@MyCleanLeaves]

Hi Kim! This video was 2 years ago and unfortunately, I lost her. 😞

[@daleandrews3552]

@@MyCleanLeaves Aw, what happened?

[@albertbrock9043]

Great and informative video, we have a rather large one, just moving to our new home in central Florida, hot climate. Getting adjusted 😃

[@carolficorilli9768]

Lovely plant.

[@rebeccareppert-klich1977]

I agree...it's all about that base...but I started singing Meghan Trainor right after you said that. So pretty.

[@MyCleanLeaves]

Hahahahahah!!!! 🤣💚🙌🏼

[@Gardenofdolls]

Hi~ my desert rose plant looks like it’s dyeing. The leaves turned yellow and falling off. It had spider mites or something on few places, so I sprayed some baking soda water on it. How can I save this plant?

[@MyCleanLeaves]

Oh no! I’m not sure.... I just got mine and don’t know much. But if you search the comments on this video people told me some other youtubers to follow that know a lot!!

[@dougtai9300]

@@MyCleanLeaves I got 2 @ plant Shop too! Megan is awesome!

[@mish3595]

The only thing I know that gets rid of spider mites is an insecticide especially for spidermites. Also wash or wipe off the leaves with a diluted soap and water. Like a drop of dish washing liquid in a litre of water. Wipe it off with a soft cloth on the leaves and on the caudex before you apply the insecticide and you will have to treat it again with the insecticides again in a week or two to keep away re infection. You will also have to clean the area you keep it as well as clean and spray surrounding plants with the same insecticides because otherwise you will keep fighting a losing battle and they will return and end up killing the plant.

[@carolficorilli9768]

They do have Desert Rose Soil out there Amazon has it. Desert roses do not need water that much and not in winter-Winter is dormant time. Use Grow lights indoors.

[@lisarobinson5550]

I hope my desert rose makes a recovery, It has bew growth at least! Love your pot and the pebbles !

[@MyCleanLeaves]

Thanks so much!! Prayers for yours, Lisa!

[@patricialisowski1080]

I wish you luck with your desert rose...They are a challenge! Be prepared in the fall for the dormant stage...

[@MyCleanLeaves]

Booooo to the dormant stage! Lol thanks!!

[@TheNIJUAL]

Happy planting with rose

[@MyCleanLeaves]

🌹🌹🌹

[@iddybiddyladybugleeza909]

I’ve had mine about 3 years & I love them 🥰

[@MyCleanLeaves]

Awesome!!

[@thugiangvu1]

Thank you very much. From Canada.

[@zanyzana66]

Cool! Mine has flowered and is dropping leaves- it’s winter here, but 🤷🏻‍♀️ .... hopefully it will live longer than my last one - I watered far too much over winter and it rotted.

[@MyCleanLeaves]

Oh no! I’ve been known to do that. Prayers that mine survives! I hope yours is ok

[@carolficorilli9768]

Jerome from Bonsai Supply has a video about the Desert Roses-he uses Bonsai Soil for his.

[@pammcdaniel24]

Thank you for tips. Mine has not done well

[@MyCleanLeaves]

Awww I’m sorry. :( is it outside or inside?

[@susanhebert1724]

How hard is it to grow them from seed?

[@MyCleanLeaves]

I would not be the one to ask.

[@fayemartin465]

it is pretty

[@arieledamil4623]

Great video! 👍Maria’s Garden has a lot of videos on desert roses here on you tube. She even has one that I think is 25yr old that is super impressive to see. Good luck 🍀

[@anothernight82]

Definitely! I learned about using wood glue when propagating to heal the main plant faster, so that it grows more babies in record time.

[@MyCleanLeaves]

Wow!! That’s so awesome! I have to check her out!

[@MyCleanLeaves]

Great advice!!

[@indigobeauty1]

Not to mention her personality is Amazing & so fun to watch 🙂☘🍃🌱

[@millieatr]

1:52 Very slick how you found a way to showoff that Big diamond your hubby gave you ,,,,Your a cleaver girl.😁✔

[@MyCleanLeaves]

Ha!!! I love my ring 💍

[@donnaz1961]

Huh, sand can help with fungus gnats? How much do you add to the surface of your plants, please and thank you! 😎

[@MyCleanLeaves]

About a half inch on top :)

[@donnaz1961]

@@MyCleanLeaves thank you very much!

[@olafelsberry9271]

I'm planning on going back to Illinois and there bipolar weather.

[@carolficorilli9768]

Goes dormant in winter-water maybe once a month or 2 they do not need any help in winter they are supposed to sleep.

[@oliviaxucai]

How is your rose now?

[@MyCleanLeaves]

It died 😔

[@TheNIJUAL]

Plus it was you guys anniversary hello

[@MultiDragon1313]

If you start having problems with ur baby. Remember watch Maria's garden on here and she will actually take your calls and text question

[@tammysjungle7064]

You beat me to it! LOL I was going to suggest the same thing.

[@MultiDragon1313]

@@tammysjungle7064 lol. I love my blender but I usually use a brush to put it down because it helps deposit the base in the nose and mouth area better then I'll dip the blender then buff.

[@MultiDragon1313]

Having one of those days lol . I mixed my responses up lol

[@olafelsberry9271]

I got mine on Ebay for $6.99 with shipping

[@wayneg8161]

Come to Florida it is 90% humidity every day...LOL!

[@MyCleanLeaves]

🤢

[@carolficorilli9768]

nice video.

[@MyCleanLeaves]

Thanks!

[@michelle-jn7ul]

You should not repot this until it is root bound and bursting from its pot. The pot you put it in was TOO big. Makes sense I read it died in the comments. I over wintered 4 in the house last year and I probably watered them like 3x over the whole winter. Also they do not have aerial roots. Those are regular roots. They are there because to make the caudex fatter you lift it out of the soil when you repot so just the very bottom is in soil I cut them off.

[@MyCleanLeaves]

This was super early on in my plant journey years ago …. The more you know! But I really appreciate the feedback! Maybe I’ll try again!!

[@carolficorilli9768]

Desert Roses can go months without water with no problem.

[@marytaylor3856]

Do not put it next to a window in the winter unless you want to lose it. Also it will go doormat in the winter and lose all its leaves. but they will come back mostly in the spring.

[@MyCleanLeaves]

Thanks for the info!!!

[@serenamendez9101]

Why don’t you want it near a window ? Just so I know what to avoid !

[@TeenDream888]

@@serenamendez9101 it gets too cold! substitute a grow light and move it away from the window so it doesn't freeze and die. they are said to be a good beginner plant, but I think they are quite finnicky. maybe only a good beginner plant because the first one normally dies and teaches you what not to do lol.

[@hanaleidesigns8539]

Hi 👋 Nicole, you should check out Maria’s Garden YT channel she also sells her desert rose really affordable, plus you know the exact flower color. She has some really good info on Desert Roses. In my opinion she is my go to for good information. Like for instance, she uses fine chipped pine bark, which normal folks can not get, she gets it in huge qty. it’s mainly for people who have greenhouses, anyways....for my desert rose I’m going to be using, either coco chips or orchid mix. I like to get the orchid mix that has smaller sized wood chips (not miracle grow 👎🏼) plus it has charcoal and perlite or pumice. I also use a better grade of cactus soil, Black Gold is my preferred one. One thing I did notice, where is your drainage screen 🤨. You need to either get nylon screen or use drywall tape. I get mine from the 99 cent store 😝. Sometimes I will double it up (crisscross) to make the screen holes smaller, especially for cactus soil. I saw a small desert rose for $10, figured I try it out, see if it survives my care ☺️. I really want a frilly dark purple flowering one 💜😉. Thanks for the video, hope I didn’t come off snooty 🤦🏻‍♀️, I just make observations, and I want you to be a good plant mom 😊. Happy Planting 💜🌺🌸

[@MyCleanLeaves]

I love your suggestions!! Thanks so much and I’ll totally check her out! 🌵

[@icecold7408]

How is the desert rose doing?showca picture

[@MyCleanLeaves]

Dead 🥴😞

[@indigobeauty1]

Lovely...I'm sure she'll do Great 🍃☘⚘🌷🌹🥀

[@MyCleanLeaves]

💚💚💚

[@marynieder8264]

I foresee a ton of washed out soil in your future with this plant....

[@MyCleanLeaves]

I over watered it. ☹️

[@carolficorilli9768]

Osmocote for it.

[@captainsparrow8524]

Do not water in winter. One's per month. They will die if you will water them every two weeks.

[@MyCleanLeaves]

This was filmed 3 years ago and you’re right, it died lol

[@fayemartin465]

i just sub.to ur channel

[@MyCleanLeaves]

Thank you!

[@ruthiefranciskirk1449]

Question...why would you want to live in Chicago

[@MyCleanLeaves]

Answer… I was born and raised here so I have roots here. Random question lol I’ve moved since this video though as it’s 5 years old 😂

[@usfilms8828]

If you are ever looking for cheap plants go to vegan/vegetarian festivals, they have plant people there always and you support small businesses

[@lemonblossom0]

I commented and then deleted what I said until I heard you say concrete. Please tell me why mid-westerners say cahncrete. I can't help myself from enunciating my a's and o's

[@patrickdempsey8346]

$35 for that???? I just got one thats fatter than that one today for $10. you're shopping at the wrong place

[@MyCleanLeaves]

Are you in Chicago?

[@patrickdempsey8346]

@@MyCleanLeaves doesn't matter where I'm at. I'm in a big city and I still say shopping in the wrong places. Stop going to Walmart and home Depot for your plants.

[@MyCleanLeaves]

Patrick Dempsey I didn’t get this from Walmart or Home Depot. Did you watch the video? I got it from my local plant shop. I shop small when I can. And if paying an extra $15-$20 for a plant I’ve been wanting to help support local small businesses around me, I’ll do that. And, it does matter where you live. People in Florida or California can get better deals on plants due to the simple fact that they have growers near them, and it cuts out shipping and the middle man. More importantly, there is a kind way to go about expressing your opinion, or giving constructive criticism. That doesn’t seem to be your strong point. Try being a little nicer to people you don’t know. Good may come of it. 🧡