How and When to Plant Desert Rose. Plant desert rose nursery plants in the spring. Choose a potting soil formulated for ...

The best time to plant desert rose seeds is right at the start of spring. Before potting, germinate the seeds by soaking them for several hours or a full day to rehydrate them.

The plant appears to be the Fukien tea tree (Ehretia microphylla). Larger specimens are commonly grown as bonsai. Its small red fruit are often eaten by birds, which disperse the seeds via droppings.

Plant Doctor Tom MacCubbin shares advice on growing hydrangeas, mangoes, desert roses, Mandevilla, St. Augustine grass, ligustrum and naval oranges.

DESERT ROSE NEEDS SUN TO THRIVE, BUT DO NOT LET IT DRY OUT My plant's leaves have been turning yellow and then brown in some parts before dropping. I water it about once a week or when the soil ...

The Mojave Desert Land Trust is working to scout, catalogue, collect and preserve millions of seeds from 250 species and counting in a race to save an ecosystem.