Adenium 'Milk Shake'

Adeniums are a group of succulent flowering shrubs and trees which are found in the dogbane family of plants, Apocynaceae. There are currently 6 accepted species, and all are native to parts of tropical Africa, South Africa, or across the Arabian Peninsula. Plants generally have either a ground caudex or a swollen trunk, with thick green succulent like leaves. Some species can grow quite tall. Flowers are usually large and of bright colours. Adenium obesum is a species Adenium. It is an evergreen, or drought-deciduous, succulent shrub with large green leathery leaves and a swollen basal caudex. It is often grown in Bonsai form in containers and the species produces flowers with five petals, which are generally either red or pink in colour with a white throat. In cultvation, breeding has resulted in the development of many hybrids, producing plants with different flower colours, patterns and markings. 'Milk Shake' is a hybrid Adenium which has pink and white flowers.

Contributed by @alicenwondergarden

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  Full sun

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  Very little water

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  Not Frost hardy

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  Free draining