June 9, 2007

It’s the phosphorus – Adenium Obesum

Filed under: Garden Diary — Dhuish56 @ 12:08 pm

Adenium in bloom

Here’s a recent pic from the patio. The Adenium is in bloom, and unlike the cactus this one has been open for 4 days and counting. Last year it was just sticks in the winter, leafed out in March, but that was it. This year I brought it indoors to be dormant for winter, and then applied the weekly 10-55-10 (high phosphorus) feedings. There are additional buds too. I saw one of these at Desert Botanical Garden at the Spring Plant Sale and it was 5 feet tall. So my little patio plant probably has 15 years of catching up to do?

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