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This thread has been quiet for a while ... so here you go .... I'm kicking it off again with my 'deck garden' .....
@AnnieC (who has them growing like weeds in her garden in WA) got me into trying to grow Desert Roses (as I am very good at killing most other plants) and I must admit, I am having GREAT fun, both growing them from seed & now, getting them to flower!! This year, I've even got some seed pods developing too! WOOHOO!!
This has been the most productive 'flowering' of my Desert Roses in the last 3 years & and I currently even have 2 seed pods developing as well - they are my FIRST (if I don't count the one that I accidentally knocked off whilst trying to protect it last year :( )
I ain't gonna touch these ones until they are fully developed, and ready to crack open & show their seeds - months away yet!! (They look similar to Frangipani seed pods, when mature.)
Most of my plants have red flowers, but I have the one white one in the middle front (which sadly, didn't fertilise, when I tried!!) That was its first ever flower!
The plant in flower on the right is the one with seed pods developing!! These little pimple things (in the middle - 2 x lots of 'double pods below) are the developing seed pods! I am SO excited! (The smaller green & other reddish pimples, don't look like they've 'taken'!)
I have been attempting to manually fertilise the flowers for 2 years now (as the bees don't seem to be doing their jobs!) & finally .... finally, I am having success! YAY!
And this is what they should look like if/when I plant them out & they mature on to flower!!
I was also given some seeds and I sprouted & planted them out in Feb 2024 ..... so now, my very first 'grown from seed' baby is also producing flowers!!!! It looks like it will be a deeper, darker red! Time will tell. They should open in the next week or so.
If you've never tried growing Desert Roses (or even heard of them), give them a go. In Qld (in particular) Bunnings often has well priced seedlings in their garden section in all different colours! They are terrific fun to grow.
Take care & keep blooming! :)
What's blooming in your gardens just now? Whack up some photos!
@AnnieC (who has them growing like weeds in her garden in WA) got me into trying to grow Desert Roses (as I am very good at killing most other plants) and I must admit, I am having GREAT fun, both growing them from seed & now, getting them to flower!! This year, I've even got some seed pods developing too! WOOHOO!!
This has been the most productive 'flowering' of my Desert Roses in the last 3 years & and I currently even have 2 seed pods developing as well - they are my FIRST (if I don't count the one that I accidentally knocked off whilst trying to protect it last year :( )
I ain't gonna touch these ones until they are fully developed, and ready to crack open & show their seeds - months away yet!! (They look similar to Frangipani seed pods, when mature.)
Most of my plants have red flowers, but I have the one white one in the middle front (which sadly, didn't fertilise, when I tried!!) That was its first ever flower!
The plant in flower on the right is the one with seed pods developing!! These little pimple things (in the middle - 2 x lots of 'double pods below) are the developing seed pods! I am SO excited! (The smaller green & other reddish pimples, don't look like they've 'taken'!)
I have been attempting to manually fertilise the flowers for 2 years now (as the bees don't seem to be doing their jobs!) & finally .... finally, I am having success! YAY!
And this is what they should look like if/when I plant them out & they mature on to flower!!
I was also given some seeds and I sprouted & planted them out in Feb 2024 ..... so now, my very first 'grown from seed' baby is also producing flowers!!!! It looks like it will be a deeper, darker red! Time will tell. They should open in the next week or so.
If you've never tried growing Desert Roses (or even heard of them), give them a go. In Qld (in particular) Bunnings often has well priced seedlings in their garden section in all different colours! They are terrific fun to grow.
Take care & keep blooming! :)
What's blooming in your gardens just now? Whack up some photos!