A desert rose (Adenium obesum) is, for many, a wistfully nostalgic plant and one that symbolises health, fertility, and good fortune. Its name is something of a red herring, since it's not a rose at ...

For many gardeners, the flowers of the desert rose -- unrelated to common rose plants -- represent the apex of elegance and beauty. Although some botanists recognize a single species (Adenium obesum) ...