Tri-Colour Crown Desert Rose Bulbs

Adenium obesum — Tri-Colour Crown. One caudex, three personalities. This grafted showpiece opens blood-crimson, pink-edged white and warm apricot rose-form doubles side by side, so a single pot reads like a mixed bouquet — and because each colour cycles on its own schedule, the display changes week by week. It is the variety people photograph first, and the one that works as a present without you having to explain what it is.

What you get

• Dormant bare-root caudex with visible eyes and a full root system — not a seed, not a cutting.
• Three colours from one plant once it settles and flowers, typically the first warm season.
• One plant per bulb ordered — multi-packs are separate caudexes to pot up or share.

How to start it

• Pot: free-draining mix — 50% cactus soil, 30% pumice, 20% coarse sand. Terracotta, one size up from the root ball.
• Water: none for the first 7 days, then soak and let it dry completely before the next drink.
• Light: 6+ hours of direct sun. Strong light keeps all three colours saturated.
• Cold: USDA zones 10–12 outdoors; elsewhere keep it above 50°F / 10°C on a sunny sill.

Grafted colours can lean one way or another in the first flush — by the second cycle all three usually show. Ships dormant and bare-root, wrapped in dry sphagnum. 5–7 working days to dispatch, 8–25 working days in transit.