Desert Rose Care

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Deserts roses are pleasant to watch on the eyes with distinct white and pink colored flower. Learn their basic needs and desert rose care tips to get beautiful flowers!

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PhillipGoodman

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scottMay.9 01:35

How do you clean the leaves on a deer rose
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PhillipGoodmanJul.6 01:52

@ scott : I usually spray on it and the water will do the job.
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scottMay.9 01:35

Sorry that's a desert rose
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MarshaMay.24 20:07

@ scott : My dessert rose has pods growing on it are they seeds?
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Rinia Rambhadjan-CairoJul.3 20:42

@ Marsha : yes Marsha, the seeds are in the pods. when the seeds are ready to come out the pods will burst open and if you are not fast enough the seeds will blow away with the wind.
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BarbaraJul.7 22:26

@ Rinia Rambhadjan-Cairo : I just found out the things that look like long string beans are seed pods. Can I remove them before they open and put them somewhere else so they don't burst and I lose the seeds?
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eric Nov.19 23:26

@ Barbara : put a paper bag ovr the seed pod
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Sherwood Jul.4 02:31

My desert rose has verigated yellow leaves that turn completely yellow and fall off. What is the problem?
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PhillipGoodmanJul.6 01:55

@ Sherwood : In autumn because entering dormancy, it would shed the leaves. However, in this season, I'm guessing it's either overwatering or drought.
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Jan Apr.15 17:34

@ PhillipGoodman : How does one determine whether it is getting too much water or not enough if yellow leaves are an indicator of either? My desert rose is in full sun on my SW Florida lanai. We will not enter our rainy season until June and days are pretty consistently high 70's-low 80's. Humidity is high some days. Love this plant and don't want to lose it.
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Chrysti KinneyJul.28 21:02

I've bought my Desert Rose from QVC over 4 years age, I get a lot of beautiful leaves, but I it has never flowered.
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RosilandSep.25 17:42

I have several desert roses in small seperate pots, can I combine them into a very very large planter pot
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Veronica Oct.31 08:48

I have a strange horn like (branch?) growing on the top of my DR. It's very heavy and weighing it down. Any suggestions?
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ericNov.19 23:28

@ Veronica : that would b the seed pod
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LindaNov.4 14:13

How do i keep ANTS off my DS? PLEASE HELP!!!!
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DonNov.21 13:25

We bought a six inch tall desert rose plant from Home Depot several years ago. It grew to over two feet tall and developed seed pods the third year. We grew 50 new plants in topsoil on a cookie tray on the back porch. We gave most away but kept three plants from this one "momma" and two years later she is developing new pods, and also on one of her off springs.
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Donna siscoMar.9 05:45

I got my dessert rose this past supper,and in the fall one night here we had a light frost and I 4 got the plant outside all its leaves dropped off,do you think it survived and will come back
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KellieSissonSniderNov.19 23:07

@ Donna sisco : Maybe. Mine always lose all their leaves in winter and they come back in spring.
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VickiMar.13 14:19

in number 4 above you reference this as a bonsai. was this just a typo? also one plant I bought at the botanical garden is just one tall thick stem with a bunch of leaves on top and it flowers once during the summer. it shows no sign of any offshoots at all. is this normal in some plants?
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