Texas Gardening: Lookie Lookie LOOK...its a weird one!, 1 by bettydee

bettydee wrote:
Suzi, I've discovered that my Desert Rose doesn't like it too dry either (the leaves fall off) which is the direct opposite from the literature I've read. When I bought mine at Home Depot in May it was almost leafless, out of the pot and the soil was very wet. I repotted it in cactus mix and placed it in my orchid greenghouse where it gets direct morning sunlight and a little sunlight very late in the day with 50% shade the rest of the day. I am careful when I water other plants around it and give it water just as the top is going dry. It bloomed in July and has had leaves all summer. I had planned on overwintering it in the greenhouse, but I allow the temperature in there to go down to about 50ºF before the heater kicks in.