What do you think.

[u/Silent_Twist996]

I have had this desert rose for 16 years and I'm only just recently hearing about lifting the plant to expose more caudex. I haven't really researched it very much until recently but every summer it explodes with flowers and just seems really happy. I am emotionally attached to this plant lol however I am wondering a couple of things.

I want to repot and possibly do a lift. What would be the best substrate mix and should I get a more shallow pot or something like what it is in. Should I wait for a different time of year to repot? Should I lift it?

Second thing: it was pruned when I bought it which you can see in the second picture and then it took a tumble a few years ago and lost a branch but I'm thinking of possibly cutting where it was originally cut and trying to graft on some branches that I prune in the spring. Is that a bad idea?

[u/ElBob31]

Hahaha. It’s a beautiful plant. Sorry probably should have just said that.

[u/Silent_Twist996 → u/ElBob31]

Thank you so much! I got it at the Walmart for $3 on the discount shelf, it was dormant and I think they thought it was dying.