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 / Modified feb 16, 2017 11:19 a.m.

A Passion for Plants

Tucson resident Mark Dimmitt is obsessed with rare plants and he’s also one of the world’s experts on adeniums, the so-called “desert rose” which he has been propagating for years.
by Tony Paniagua

Tucson resident Mark Dimmitt is obsessed with rare plants and he’s also one of the world’s experts on adeniums, the so-called “desert rose” which he has been propagating for years. He is known as “the king of rare specimens and champion of botanic oddities” and reports a collection of more than 10, 000 plants.


Producer: Tony Paniagua
Videographer: Sandra Westdahl
Editor: Sandra Westdahl

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