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Desert Rose
Adenium obesum
Desert Rose is a slow-growing succulent, hardy in USDA zones 11-12, that matures to about 3-9 ft × 3-5 ft. It does best in full sun with low water needs in well-drained, occasionally-dry and very-dry soil. Expect pink, red and white blooms in summer. It attracts butterflies and hummingbirds, stands up well to drought and dry soil, grows happily in containers.
- USDA zones
- 11-12
- Sun
- Full sun
- Water
- Low
- Mature size
- 3-9 ft × 3-5 ft
- Spacing
- 3 feet-6 feet
- Growth rate
- Slow
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- Well-drained, Occasionally-dry, Very-dry
- Foliage
- Silver, Green
- Bloom color
- Pink, Red, White
- Bloom season
- Summer
- Attracts
- Butterflies, Hummingbirds
- Tough against
- Drought, Dry soil
- Watch out for
- Can irritate skin on contact
- Toxic to
- People, Dogs, Cats, Horses
- Native to
- Tropical Africa, Arabian Peninsula
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