Plant Care Sheets
The Desert Museum's Annual Plant Sale is held at the end of September. The list below displays the plants from the most recent sale.
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to view the Plant Care Sheet. These sheets have been compiled by the Desert Museum Botany Department. In some cases, plant care information from Mountain States Wholesale Nursery has been used to supplement the museum's own knowledge base.
| Common Name ↑ ↓ | Botanical Name ↑ ↓ | Form ↑ ↓ | Purpose | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Palmer Indian mallow | Abutilon palmeri | Small shrub |   |
| | Desert rock pea | Acmispon (Lotus) rigidus | Small shrub |   |
| | Arizona agave | Agave arizonica | Succulent/semisucculent |  |
| | 'Red Cow' agave | Agave colorata x bovicornuta | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Hohokam agave | Agave murpheyi | Succulent/semisucculent |  |
| | Mezcal pelón | Agave pelona | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Queen Victoria agave | Agave victoria-reginae | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Octopus agave | Agave vilmoriniana | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Floss flower | Ageratum corymbosum | Small shrub | |
| | Bee brush | Aloysia gratissima | Medium shrub | |
| | Lemon verbena | Aloysia wrightii | Medium shrub | |
| | Baja bursage | Ambrosia bryantii | Small shrub | |
| | Sonoran bursage | Ambrosia cordifolia | Small shrub | |
| | Triangleleaf bursage | Ambrosia deltoidea | Small shrub | |
| | Hollyleaf bursage | Ambrosia lilicifolia | Small shrub | |
| | 'Quitobaquito Springs' yerba mansa | Anemopsis californica | Ground cover | |
| | Flame bush | Anisacanthus quadrifidus | Medium shrub | |
| | Red queen's wreath | Antigonon leptopus -red | Vine | |
| | White queen's wreath | Antigonon leptopus - white | Vine | |
| | White-veined Dutchman's pipe | Aristolochia fimbriata | Vining groundcover | |
| | Calico flower | Aristolochia littoralis | Vine | |
| | Pipevine | Aristolochia quercitorum | Vine | |
| | Southwestern pipevine | Aristolochia watsonii | Vine | |
| | Sage | Artemisia ludoviciana | Perennial | |
| | Giant milkweed | Asclepias albicans | Medium shrub | |
| | Narrow-leaf milkweed | Asclepias angustifolia | Small shrub | |
| | Antelope horn milkweed | Asclepias asperula | Perennial | |
| | Bloodflower milkweed | Asclepias curassavica - red | Small shrub | |
| | Golden bloodflower milkweed | Asclepias curassavica - yellow | Small shrub | |
| | Broadleaf milkweed | Asclepias latifolia | Perennial | |
| | Pine-leaf milkweed | Asclepias linaria | Small shrub | |
| | Showy milkweed | Asclepias speciosa | Perennial | |
| | Desert milkweed | Asclepias subulata | Small shrub | |
| | Butterfly milkweed | Asclepias tuberosa | Perennial | |
| | Bishop's cap | Astrophytum myriostigma | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Quail bush | Atriplex lentiformis | Large shrub | |
| | Seep willow | Baccharis salicifolia | Large shrub | |
| | Desert marigold | Baileya multiradiata | Perennial | |
| | White orchid tree | Bauhinia aculeata | Small tree | |
| | Chocolate flower | Berlandiera lyrata | Perennial | |
| | Side-oats grama | Bouteloua curtipendula | Grass | |
| | Slender Grama | Bouteloua repens | Grass | |
| | Butterfly bush | Buddleja marrubiifolia | Medium shrub | |
| | Rio Grande butterfly bush | Buddleja sessiliflora | Medium shrub | |
| | Torote | Bursera filicifolia | Medium shrub | |
| | Torote prieto | Bursera hindsiana | Medium shrub | |
| | Torote prieto | Bursera laxiflora | Medium shrub | |
| | Elephant tree | Bursera microphylla | Medium shrub | |
| | Baja fairy duster | Calliandra californica | Medium shrub | |
| | Fairy duster | Calliandra eriophylla | Small shrub | |
| | Yellow evening primrose | Calylophus hartwegii | Ground cover | |
| | Chiltepin | Capsicum annuum (wild type) | Medium shrub | |
| | Carlowrightia | Carlowrightia arizonica | Small shrub | |
| | Saguaro | Carnegiea gigantea | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | False grama | Cathestecum brevifolium | Grass | |
| | Button bush | Cephalanthus occidentalis | Large shrub | |
| | Boneset | Chromolaena sagittata | Medium shrub | |
| | Damianita | Chrysactinia mexicana | Small shrub | |
| | Arizona grape ivy | Cissus trifoliata | Vine | |
| | Sweet lime | Citrus limettioides | Small tree | |
| | Candle cactus | Cleistocactus candelaria | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Mist flower | Conoclinium (Eupatorium) greggii | Perennial | |
| | Texas olive | Cordia boissieri | Tree | |
| | Sand cholla | Corynopuntia marenae | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Rubber vine | Cryptostegia grandiflora | Vine | |
| | 'Goodwin Homestead' heritage quince | Cydonia oblonga | Small tree | |
| | Tesajo | Cylindropuntia cineracea | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Clavellina | Cylindropuntia molesta | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Coastal cholla | Cylindropuntia prolifera | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Diamond cholla | Cylindropuntia ramosissima | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Cane cholla | Cylindropuntia spinosior | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Sonoran staghorn cholla | Cylindropuntia thurberi | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Cow's horn orchid | Cyrtopodium punctatum | Perennial | |
| | Silver dalea | Dalea bicolor | Large shrub | |
| | Black dalea | Dalea frutescens | Small shrub | |
| | Trailing indigo bush | Dalea greggii | Ground cover | |
| | Pea flower | Dalea pulchra | Medium shrub | |
| | Green-flowered bromel | Deuterocchonia brevifolia | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Arizona foldwing | Dicliptera resupinata | Perennial | |
| | Hopbush | Dodonaea viscosa | Large shrub | |
| | Valeriana del monte | Dyschoriste hirsutissima | Perennial | |
| | Casa de rata | Echinocereus brandegeei | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Brittlebush | Encelia farinosa | Medium shrub | |
| | Desert fuschia | Epilobium (Zauschneria) canum | Perennial | |
| | Summertime Blue™ | Eremophila × | Medium shrub | |
| | Aguirre™ turpentine bush | Ericameria laricifolia | Medium shrub | |
| | Desert Mountain™ turpentine bush | Ericameria laricifolia | Medium shrub | |
| | 'Magdelena' heritage loquat | Eriobotrya japonica | Small tree | |
| | Flattop buckwheat | Eriogonum fasciculatum | Small shrub | |
| | Coral bean | Erythrina ×bidwelii | Medium shrub | |
| | Southwest coral bean | Erythrina flabelliformis | Medium shrub | |
| | Wax spurge | Euphorbia antisyphilitica | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Prickly pear spurge | Euphorbia opuntioides | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Morrocan spurge | Euphorbia resinifera | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | White spurge | Euphorbia xanti | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Apache plume | Falugia paradoxa | Medium shrub | |
| | Texas barrel cactus | Ferocactus haematacanthus | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Miniature barrel cactus | Ferocactus setispinus | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Fishhook barrel | Ferocactus wislizeni | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Golden fishhook barrel | Ferocactus wislizeni fa. flavispina | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | 'Sosa Carrillo' heritage fig | Ficus carica | Medium tree | |
| | 'Quitobaquito Springs' heritage fig | Ficus carica | Medium tree | |
| | 'Mission San Antonio de Padua' heritage fig | Ficus carica | Medium tree | |
| | Rock fig | Ficus petiolaris | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | New Mexico privet | Forestiera neomexicana | Large shrub | |
| | Boojum | Fouquieria columnaris | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Palo santo | Fouquieria formosa | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Mexican tree ocotillo | Fouquieria macdougalii | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Mexican bottle tree | Fouquieria purpusii | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Ocotillo | Fouquieria splendens | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Pink gaura | Gaura lindheimeri - rose | Perennial | |
| | White gaura | Gaura lindheimeri - white | Perennial | |
| | Goodding verbena | Glandularia (Verbena) gooddingii | Perennial | |
| | San Marcos hibiscus | Gossypium harknessii | Medium shrub | |
| | Wild cotton | Gossypium thurberi | Medium shrub | |
| | Club cholla | Grusonia emoryi | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Devil's club cholla | Grusonia invicta | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Guayacán | Guaiacum coulteri | Large shrub | |
| | Chin cactus | Gymnocalycium baldianum | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Chin cactus | Gymnocalycium horstii | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Texas firecracker bush | Hamelia patens | Medium shrub | |
| | Purple lilac vine | Hardenbergia violacea | Vine | |
| | Moon cactus | Harrisia pomanensis | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Mezcalito | Hechtia montana | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Texas false agave | Hechtia texana | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Maximilian sunflower | Helianthus maximiliani | Medium shrub | |
| | Island renegade | Henrya insularis | Small shrub | |
| | Pink Parade® | Hesperaloe × Pink Parade® | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Brake Lights® crimson yucca | Hesperaloe hybrid | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Night-blooming hesperaloe | Hesperaloe nocturna | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Desert Flamenco® | Hesperaloe parviflora | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Yellow hesperaloe | Hesperaloe parviflora | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Heartleaf hibiscus | Hibiscus (cardiophyllus) martianus | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Desert rose mallow | Hibiscus biseptus | Perennial | |
| | Desert rose mallow | Hibiscus coulteri | Small shrub | |
| | Curly mesquite | Hilaria belangeri | Grass | |
| | Carrion flower | Hoodiopsis sp. | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Wright Thimblehead | Hymenothrix wrightii | Perennial | |
| | Desert lavender | Hyptis (albida) emoryi | Large shrub | |
| | Tree morningglory | Ipomoea arborescens | Small tree | |
| | Clustervine | Jacquemontia pringlei | Vine | |
| | Chuparosa | Justicia californica | Medium shrub | |
| | Yellow chuparosa | Justicia californica - yellow | Medium shrub | |
| | White needle flower | Justicia longii | Perennial | |
| | Purple justicia | Justicia masiaca | Perennial | |
| | Sonoran honeysuckle | Justicia sonorae | Perennial | |
| | Mexican Honeysuckle | Justicia spicigera | Small shrub | |
| | Confiturilla grande | Lagascea decipiens | Medium shrub | |
| | Yellow lantana | Lantana camara hybrid | Small shrub | |
| | Gold lantana | Lantana camara hybrid | Small shrub | |
| | Orange lantana | Lantana camara hybrid | Small shrub | |
| | Red lantana | Lantana camara hybrid | Small shrub | |
| | Creosotebush | Larrea tridentata | Large shrub | |
| | Agave cactus | Leuchtenbergia principis | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Blue flax | Linum lewisii | Perennial | |
| | Tansy aster | Machaeranthera tanacetifolia | Perennial | |
| | Ladyfinger cactus | Mammillaria elongata | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Pincushion cactus | Mammillaria lenta | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Hummingbird pincushion cactus | Mammillaria poselgeri | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Biznagita | Mammillaria schiediana | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Pincushion cactus | Mammillaria senilis | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Biznagita | Mammillaria setispina | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Sonoran milkweed vine | Matelea altatensis | Vine | |
| | Snapdragon vine | Maurandya antirrhiniflora - purple | Vine | |
| | Snapdragon vine | Maurandya antirrhiniflora - red | Vine | |
| | Blackfoot daisy | Melampodium leucanthum | Small shrub | |
| | Pyramid bush | Melochia tomentosa | Small shrub | |
| | 'Mission San Antonio de Padua' heritage mint | Mentha sp. | Perennial | |
| | Spotted bee balm | Monarda punctata | Small shrub | |
| | Snake cactus | Morengaya pensilis | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Bamboo muhly | Muhlenbergia dumosa | Grass | |
| | Bush muhly | Muhlenbergia porteri | Grass | |
| | Cochal | Myrtillocactus cochal | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Candelabra cactus | Myrtillocactus geometrizans | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Crested candelabra cactus | Myrtillocactus geometrizans crest | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Select Blue' catmint | Nepeta faassenii | Small shrub | |
| | Devil's shoestring | Nolina texana | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Hummingbird nopal | Nopalaea karwinskiana | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Tufted evening primrose | Oenothera caespitosa | Perennial | |
| | Hooker evening primrose | Oenothera elata ssp. hookeri | Biennial | |
| | Scarlet bee blossom | Oenothera suffrutescens (Gaura coccinea) | Perennial | |
| | Golden prickly pear | Opuntia aurea | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Hybrid prickly pear | Opuntia basilaris × O. santa-rita | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Dwarf beavertail prickly pear | Opuntia basilaris (dwarf form) | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Durango prickly pear | Opuntia durangensis | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Thornless tiger tongue | Opuntia ellisiana | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Grizzlybear prickly pear | Opuntia erinacea | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Indian fig cactus | Opuntia ficus-indica | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Old Mexico prickly pear | Opuntia gomei 'Old Mexico' | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Violet prickly pear | Opuntia gosseliniana | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Long-spine prickly pear | Opuntia macrocentra | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Sonoran nopal | Opuntia puberula | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Blind prickly pear | Opuntia rufida | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Tuna colorada | Opuntia stenopetala | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Nopal | Opuntia wilcoxii | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Cardon | Pachycereus pringlei | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Senita | Pachycereus schottii | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Totempole cactus | Pachycereus schottii fa. monstrosus | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Foothill palo verde | Parkinsonia microphylla | Tree | |
| | Lemon ball cactus | Parodia mammulosa | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Mariola | Parthenium incanum | Small shrub | |
| | 'Lavender Lady' | Passiflora × | Vine | |
| | Passion fruit | Passiflora arida | Vine | |
| | Edible passion fruit | Passiflora edulis | Vine | |
| | 'Incense' passion vine | Passiflora incarnata× P. cincinnata | Vine | |
| | Passion flower | Passiflora mexicana | Vine | |
| | Tall slipper plant | Pedilanthus bracteatus | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Slipper flower | Pedilanthus macrocarpus | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Night-blooming cereus | Peniocereus greggii | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Mexican night-blooming cereus | Peniocereus serpentinus | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Dahlia-rooted cereus | Peniocereus striatus | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Rock penstemon | Penstemon baccharifolia | Small shrub | |
| | Firecracker penstemon | Penstemon eatoni | Perennial | |
| | Parry penstemon | Penstemon parryi | Perennial | |
| | Canyon penstemon | Penstemon pseudospectabilis | Perennial | |
| | Superb penstemon | Penstemon superbus | Perennial | |
| | Hill country penstemon | Penstemon triflorus | Perennial | |
| | Frog fruit | Phyla nodiflora | Ground cover | |
| | Arrowweed | Pluchea serricea | Large shrub | |
| | Lavender spice | Poliomintha maderensis | Small shrub | |
| | Pawnee Buttes sand cherry | Prunus besseyi Pawnee Buttes® | | |
| | 'Five Points' heritage pomegranate | Punica granatum 'Five Points' | Large shrub/small tree | |
| | 'Mission San Antonio de Padua' heritage pomegranate | Punica granatum 'Mission San Antonio de Padua' | Large shrub/small tree | |
| | 'Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa' heritage pomegranate | Punica granatum 'Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa' | Large shrub/small tree | |
| | Antelope bush | Purshia (Cowania) plicata | Medium shrub | |
| | Prairie coneflower | Ratibida columnifera | Perennial | |
| | Longneck Ruel | Ruellia nudiflora | Perennial | |
| | Desert ruellia | Ruellia peninsularis | Medium shrub | |
| | Red firecracker plant | Russelia × St. Elmo's FireTM | Medium shrub | |
| | Coral fountain | Russelia equisetiformis | Small shrub | |
| | Trailing russelia | Russelia furfuracea | Ground cover | |
| | White sage | Salvia apiana | Medium shrub | |
| | Germander sage | Salvia chamaedrioides | Small shrub | |
| | Chaparral sage | Salvia clevelandii | Medium shrub | |
| | Carl Nielson sage | Salvia clevelandii × S. mojavensis | Medium shrub | |
| | Texas sage | Salvia coccinea | Perennial | |
| | Purple autumn sage | Salvia greggii | Small shrub | |
| | Red autumn sage | Salvia greggii | Small shrub | |
| | Crimson sage | Salvia henryi | Perennial | |
| | Lemmon sage | Salvia lemmonii | Small shrub | |
| | Mexican bush sage | Salvia leucantha | Small shrub | |
| | Salvia 'Pozo Blue' | Salvia leucophylla × S. clevelandii | Medium shrub | |
| | Western soapberry | Sapindus drummondii | Tree | |
| | Skullcap | Scuttelaria potosina | Perennial | |
| | Sina volador | Selenicereus vagens | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Swizzle sticks | Senecio anteuphobium | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Catclaw acacia | Senegalia greggii | Large shrub | |
| | Slimpod senna | Senna hirsuta var. glaberrima | Small shrub | |
| | Jojoba | Simmondsia chinensis | Large shrub | |
| | Sonoran nightshade | Solanum hindsianum | Large shrub | |
| | Desert mallow | Sphaeralcea ambigua | Small shrub | |
| | Copper globe mallow | Sphaeralcea angustifolia | Small shrub | |
| | Caliche globe mallow | Sphaeralcea laxa | Small shrub | |
| | Rusby's desert mallow | Sphaeralcea rusbyi | Perennial | |
| | Texas betony | Stachys coccinea | Perennial | |
| | Chapacolor | Stegnosperma halimifolium | Medium shrub | |
| | Organpipe cactus | Stenocereus thurberi | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Dwarf organpipe cactus | Stenocereus thurberi var. littoralis | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Day-of-the-dead flower | Symphiotrichum lanceolatum | Perennial | |
| | Minature prickly pear | Tacinga inamoena | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Mountain marigold | Tagetes lemmonii | Small shrub | |
| | Mexican tarragon | Tagetes lucida | Small shrub | |
| | Orange Jubilee | Tecoma × | Large shrub | |
| | Crimson Flare® tecoma | Tecoma × Crimson Flare® | Large shrub | |
| | Sierra Apricot™ tecoma | Tecoma × Sierra Apricot™ | Large shrub | |
| | Solar Flare® Orange tecoma | Tecoma × Solar Flare® | Large shrub | |
| | Yellow bells | Tecoma stans | Large shrub | |
| | Angelita daisy | Tetraneuris (Hymenoxys) acaulis | Small shrub | |
| | Prostrate germander | Teucrium chamaerys 'Prostratum' | Ground cover | |
| | Glory of Texas | Thelocactus bicolor | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Thelocactus | Thelocactus hexadrophorus | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Golden fleece | Thymophylla pentachaeta | Perennial | |
| | Alamos air plant | Tillandsia elizabethae | Perennial | |
| | Sonoran air plant | Tillandsia exserta | Perennial | |
| | Mexican bush sunflower | Tithonia fruticosa | Large shrub | |
| | Mexican sunflower hybrid | Tithonia x Lagascea | Medium shrub | |
| | Argentine saguaro | Trichocereus terscheckii | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Nacapule jasmine | Vallesia laciniata | Large shrub | |
| | Sandpaper verbena | Verbena rigida | Ground cover | |
| | Felger crownbeard | Verbesina felgeri | Small shrub | |
| | 'Mission San Borja' heritage grape | Vitis sp. | Vine | |
| | Mountain yucca | Yucca (schottii) madrensis | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Yellow rain lily | Zephyranthes sulphurea | Bulb | |
| Common Name ↑ ↓ | Botanical Name ↑ ↓ | Form ↑ ↓ | Purpose |
