The Adenium, also famously known as the Desert Rose, is a favourite among plant lovers for its stunning, colourful flowers. But often, even with good growth, the plant just refuses to bloom. When this ...

It is curious that this African native with its swollen and unusually shaped stem has become so popular in Chennai. But then, this desert plant has a definite preference for the sun and requires ...

Bud grafting is a fascinating technique used to combine the desired traits from two different adenium plants. The key is to select a healthy, mature rootstock plant and a scion (bud with stem piece) ...

Continuous rains brought on by a succession of tropical depressions in the Philippines prompted a friend in Manila to send me a message of distress. "It has been raining for the past weeks and the sun ...

When Sunil Kumar and Anila V visited a plant nursery in the city in 2007, one flowering species caught their attention. Finding its asking price “too high”, the couple, however, returned home ...

യെമനിലെ സൊകോത്ര ദ്വീപിലെ ഡെസർട്ട് റോസ് അഥവാ അഡീനിയം ഒബേസ്, മരുഭൂമിയിൽ കുപ്പിവെച്ചതുപോലെ തോന്നിപ്പിക്കുന്ന അസാധാരണമായ വീർത്ത ...