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 |   |
| | Rasberry FuzziesTM | Acalypha monostachya | Ground cover |  |
| | Adelia | Adelia obovata | Large shrub | |
| | Arizona agave | Agave arizonica | Succulent/semisucculent |   |
| | 'Red Cow' agave | Agave colorata × bovicornuta | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Desert agave | Agave deserti var. simplex | Succulent/semisucculent |  |
| | Twin-flowered agave | Agave geminiflora | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Rodney' (variegated) Murphey agave | Agave murpheyi | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Hohokam agave | Agave murpheyi | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Parry agave | Agave parryi var. truncata | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Shindagger | Agave schottii | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Maguey | Agave subsimplex | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Agave univitata variegata | 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 | |
| | Triangleleaf bursage | Ambrosia deltoidea | Small shrub | |
| | Hollyleaf bursage | Ambrosia lilicifolia | Small shrub | |
| | 'Quitobaquito Springs' heritage yerba mansa | Anemopsis californica | Ground cover | |
| | Flame bush | Anisacanthus quadrifidus | Medium shrub | |
| | Baja Red queen's wreath | Antigonon leptopus | 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 | |
| | Sage | Artemisia ludoviciana ssp. mexicana | Perennial | |
| | Narrow-leaf milkweed | Asclepias angustifolia | Small shrub | |
| | Antelope horn milkweed | Asclepias asperula | Perennial | |
| | Desert milkweed | Asclepias subulata | Small shrub | |
| | Horse-tail milkweed | Asclepias subverticillata | Perennial | |
| | Butterfly milkweed | Asclepias tuberosa | Perennial | |
| | Quail bush | Atriplex lentiformis | Large shrub | |
| | Seep willow | Baccharis salicifolia | Large shrub | |
| | White orchid tree | Bauhinia aculeata | Small tree | |
| | Chocolate flower | Berlandiera lyrata | Perennial | |
| | Side-oats grama | Bouteloua curtipendula | Grass | |
| | Blue grama | Bouteloua gracilis | Grass | |
| | Rio Grande butterfly bush | Buddleja sessiliflora | Medium shrub | |
| | Torote | Bursera filicifolia | Medium shrub | |
| | Torote prieto | Bursera hindsiana | Medium shrub | |
| | Elephant tree | Bursera microphylla | Medium shrub | |
| | Mexican bird-of-paradise | Caesalpinia mexicana | Large shrub | |
| | Red bird-of-paradise | Caesalpinia pulcherrima | Medium shrub | |
| | Baja fairy duster | Calliandra californica | Medium shrub | |
| | Fairy duster | Calliandra eriophylla | Small shrub | |
| | Yellow evening primrose | Calylophus hartwegii | Ground cover | |
| | Crucifixion thorn | Canotia holocantha | Large shrub | |
| | Chiltepin | Capsicum annuum | Medium shrub | |
| | Saguaro | Carnegiea gigantea | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | False grama | Cathestecum brevifolium | Grass | |
| | Button bush | Cephalanthus occidentalis | Large shrub | |
| | Desert willow | Chilopsis linearis | Tree | |
| | Fragrant mist flower | Chromolaena odorata | Medium shrub | |
| | Boneset | Chromolaena saggitata | Medium shrub | |
| | Damianita | Chrysactinia mexicana | Small shrub | |
| | Seville orange | Citrus × aurantium | Small tree | |
| | Heritage sweet lime | Citrus limettioides | Small tree | |
| | Candle cactus | Cleistocactus candelilla | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Hybrid silver torch | Cleistocactus hyalacanthus × | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Mist flower | Conoclinium dissectum | Perennial | |
| | Texas olive | Cordia boissieri | Tree | |
| | Little-leaf cordia | Cordia parvifolia | Large shrub | |
| | Sand cholla | Corynopuntia marenae | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Arizona cypress | Cupressus arizonica | Tree | |
| | 'Goodwin Homestead' heritage quince | Cydonia oblonga | Small tree | |
| | Coastal cholla | Cylindropuntia prolifera | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Diamond cholla | Cylindropuntia ramosissima | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Tesajo | Cylindropuntia tesajo | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Sonoran staghorn cholla | Cylindropuntia thurberi | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Baja plum tree | Cyrtocarpa edulis | Medium shrub | |
| | Silver dalea | Dalea bicolor | Large shrub | |
| | Trailing indigo bush | Dalea greggii | Ground cover | |
| | Pea flower | Dalea pulchra | Medium shrub | |
| | Toothless desert spoon | Dasylirion quadrangulatum | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Desert spoon | Dasylirion texanum | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Green-flowered bromel | Deuterocchonia brevifolia | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Arizona foldwing | Dicliptera resupinata | Perennial | |
| | Arizona cottontop | Digitaria californica | Grass | |
| | Hopbush | Dodonaea viscosa | Large shrub | |
| | Valeriana del monte | Dyschoriste hirsutissima | Perennial | |
| | Casa de rata | Echinocereus brandegeei | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Button brittlebush | Encelia frutescens | Small shrub | |
| | Desert fuschia | Epilobium canum | Perennial | |
| | Aguirre™ turpentine bush | Ericameria laricifolia | Medium shrub | |
| | Rabbit brush | Ericameria nauseosus | Medium shrub | |
| | 'Magdelena' heritage loquat | Eriobotrya japonica | Small tree | |
| | Southwest coral bean | Erythrina flabelliformis | Medium shrub | |
| | Coral bean | Erythrina _bidwelii | Medium shrub | |
| | Yellow bird-of-paradise | Erythrostemon gilliesii | Medium shrub | |
| | Wax spurge | Euphorbia antisyphilitica | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Zipehui | Euphorbia californica | Medium shrub | |
| | Waxy spurge | Euphorbia ceroderma | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | African milk tree | Euphorbia trigonis | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | White spurge | Euphorbia xanti | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Kidneywood | Eysenhardtia orthocarpa | Tree | |
| | Texas barrel cactus | Ferocactus haematacanthus | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Golden fishhook barrel | Ferocactus wislizeni fa. flavispina | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | 'Quitovac' heritage fig | Ficus carica | Medium tree | |
| | 'Santa Ignacio Kino' heritage fig | Ficus carica | Medium tree | |
| | 'Mission San Antonio' heritage fig | Ficus carica | Medium tree | |
| | 'Quitobaquito Springs' heritage fig | Ficus carica | Medium tree | |
| | 'Mission Santa Ines' heritage fig | Ficus carica | Medium tree | |
| | Rock fig | Ficus petiolaris | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Desert olive | Forestiera shrevei | Large shrub | |
| | Boojum | Fouquieria columnaris | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Mexican tree ocotillo | Fouquieria macdougalii | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Mexican bottle tree | Fouquieria purpusii | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Ocotillo | Fouquieria splendens | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Airy bachelor's buttons | Gomphrena decumbens | Small shrub | |
| | Wild cotton | Gossypium davidsonii | 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 | |
| | Texas firecracker bush | Hamelia patens | Medium shrub | |
| | Moon cactus | Harrisia pomanensis | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Texas false agave | Hechtia texana | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Maximilian sunflower | Helianthus maximiliani | Medium shrub | |
| | 'Buttercup' hesperaloe | Hesperaloe × | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Brake Lights® crimson yucca | Hesperaloe × | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Pink Parade® | Hesperaloe × | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Night-blooming hesperaloe | Hesperaloe nocturna | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Red hesperaloe | Hesperaloe parviflora | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Yellow hesperaloe | Hesperaloe parviflora | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Desert Flamenco® | Hesperaloe parviflora | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Curly mesquite | Hilaria belangeri | Grass | |
| | Desert lavender | Hyptis (albida) emoryi | Large shrub | |
| | Guaregui | Ibervillea sonorae | Vine | |
| | Tree morning glory | Ipomoea arborescens | Small tree | |
| | Clustervine | Jacquemontia pringlei | Vine | |
| | Red chuparrosa | Justicia californica | Medium shrub | |
| | Red jacobinia | Justicia candicans | Small shrub | |
| | Mexican honeysuckle | Justicia spicigera | Small shrub | |
| | Confiturilla grande | Lagascea decipiens | Medium shrub | |
| | Red lantana | Lantana camara × | Small shrub | |
| | Gold lantana | Lantana camara × | Small shrub | |
| | Creosotebush | Larrea tridentata | Large shrub | |
| | Agave cactus | Leuchtenbergia principis | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Blue flax | Linum lewisii | Perennial | |
| | Mexican oregano | Lippia graveolens | Small shrub | |
| | Senita | Lophocereus schottii | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Slender totem pole cactus | Lophocereus schottii fa. mieckleyanus | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Totempole cactus | Lophocereus schottii fa. monstrosus | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Lophocereus schottii fa. spiralis | Succulent/semisucculent | | |
| | Feather tree | Lysiloma watsoni | Medium tree | |
| | Tansy aster | Machaeranthera tanacetifolia | Perennial | |
| | Ladyfinger cactus | Mammillaria elongata | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Hummingbird pincushion cactus | Mammillaria poselgeri | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Santa Rita acacia | Mariosousa (Acacia) millefolia | Large shrub | |
| | Whitebark acacia | Mariosousa willardiana | ||
| | Blackfoot daisy | Melampodium leucanthum | Small shrub | |
| | Pyramid bush | Melochia tomentosa | Small shrub | |
| | 'Mission San Antonio' heritage mint | Mentha species | Ground cover | |
| | Snake cactus | Morengaya pensilis | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | 'Pink Flamingo' | Muhlenbergia × | Grass | |
| | Bull grass | Muhlenbergia emersleyi | Grass | |
| | Autumn Glow™ | Muhlenbergia lindheimeri | Grass | |
| | Bush muhly | Muhlenbergia porteri | Grass | |
| | Undaunted® ruby grass | Muhlenbergia reverchonii | Grass | |
| | Cochal | Myrtillocactus cochal | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Candelabra cactus | Myrtillocactus geometrizans | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Beargrass | Nolina microcarpa | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Devil's shoestring | Nolina texana | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Hummingbird nopal | Nopalaea karwinskiana | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Hooker evening primrose | Oenothera elata ssp. hookeri | Biennial | |
| | Scarlet bee blossom | Oenothera suffrutescens | Perennial | |
| | Desert ironwood tree | Olneya tesota | Tree | |
| | Dwarf beavertail prickly pear | Opuntia basilaris | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Violet prickly pear | Opuntia gosseliniana | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Long-spined prickly pear | Opuntia macrocentra | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Smooth prickly pear | Opuntia phaeacantha var. laevis | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Sonoran nopal | Opuntia puberula | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Santa Rita prickly pear | Opuntia santa-rita | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Tuna colorada | Opuntia stenopetala | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Nopal | Opuntia wilcoxii | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Cardon | Pachycereus pringlei | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Foothill palo verde | Parkinsonia microphylla | Tree | |
| | Tomate de guajolote | Passiflora (foetida) arizonica | 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 | |
| | Mexican blue penstemon | Penstemon amphorellae | Perennial | |
| | Firecracker penstemon | Penstemon eatonii | Perennial | |
| | Superb penstemon | Penstemon superbus | Perennial | |
| | Frog fruit | Phyla nodiflora | Ground cover | |
| | Arrowweed | Pluchea sericea | Large shrub | |
| | Summer Snow™ plumbago | Plumbago scandens | Small shrub | |
| | Lavender spice | Poliomintha maderensis | Small shrub | |
| | Screwbean mesquite | Prosopis pubescens | Large shrub | |
| | Velvet mesquite | Prosopis velutina | Tree | |
| | Paper flower | Psilostrophe cooperi | Small shrub | |
| | Smoke tree | Psorothamnus spinosus | Tree | |
| | 'Garcia Camp' heritage pomagranate | Punica granatum | Small tree | |
| | 'Mission San Luis Obispo' heritage pomagranate | Punica granatum | Small tree | |
| | 'Mission Tumacacori' heritage pomegranate | Punica granatum | Small tree | |
| | 'Five Points' heritage pomegranate | Punica granatum | Small tree | |
| | 'Mission San Antonio' heritage pomegranate | Punica granatum | Small tree | |
| | Skunkbush | Rhus aromatica | Medium shrub | |
| | Sugar sumac | Rhus ovata | Large shrub | |
| | Longneck Ruel | Ruellia nudiflora | Perennial | |
| | Desert ruellia | Ruellia peninsularis | Medium shrub | |
| | St. Elmo's FireTM Red firecracker plant | Russelia × | Medium shrub | |
| | Coral fountain | Russelia equisetiformis | Small shrub | |
| | White sage | Salvia apiana | Medium shrub | |
| | Chaparral sage | Salvia clevelandii | Medium shrub | |
| | Purple sage | Salvia dorrii | Small shrub | |
| | Red autumn sage | Salvia greggii | Small shrub | |
| | Purple autumn sage | Salvia greggii × | Small shrub | |
| | Salvia 'Pozo Blue' | Salvia leucophylla × S. clevelandii | Medium shrub | |
| | PP# 21411 'Ultra Violet' canyon sage | Salvia lycoides × | Perennial | |
| | Mohave sage | Salvia mohavensis | Small shrub | |
| | 'May Night' sage | Salvia nemarosa | Small shrub | |
| | Rose sage | Salvia pachyphylla | Small shrub | |
| | West Texas grass sage | Salvia reptans | Small shrub | |
| | Scallopleaf sage | Salvia vaseyi | Small shrub | |
| | Baseball bat | Sanseveria | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Red skullcap | Scutellaria × | Perennial | |
| | Scutellaria potosina var. tessellata | |||
| | Pink skullcap | Scutellaria suffrutescens | Perennial | |
| | Sina volador | Selenicereus vagens | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Catclaw acacia | Senegalia greggii | Large shrub | |
| | Slimpod senna | Senna hirsuta var. glaberrima | Small shrub | |
| | Palo prieto | Senna polyantha | Large shrub | |
| | Jojoba | Simmondsia chinensis | Large shrub | |
| | Sonoran nightshade | Solanum hindsianum | Large shrub | |
| | Desert mallow | Sphaeralcea ambigua | Small shrub | |
| | Fendler globe mallow | Sphaeralcea fendleri | Medium shrub | |
| | Caliche globe mallow | Sphaeralcea laxa | Small shrub | |
| | Texas betony | Stachys coccinea | Perennial | |
| | 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 × | Large shrub | |
| | Solar Flare+C129 orange tecoma | Tecoma × | Large shrub | |
| | Orange bells | Tecoma garocha | Large shrub | |
| | Pine cone cactus | Tephrocactus articulatus | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Angelita daisy | Tetraneuris acaulis | Small shrub | |
| | Alamos air plant | Tillandsia elizabethae | Perennial | |
| | Sonoran air plant | Tillandsia exserta | Perennial | |
| | Mexican bush sunflower | Tithonia fruticosa | Large shrub | |
| | Torch cactus hybrids | Trichocereus × | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Nuevo Leon rosewood | Vauquelinia corymbosa var. heterondon | Large shrub | |
| | Felger crownbeard | Verbesina felgeri | Small shrub | |
| | 'Mission San Antonio' heritage grape | Vitis species | Vine | |
| | 'Mission San Gabriel' heritage grape | Vitis species | Vine | |
| | 'Mission San Borja' heritage grape | Vitis species | Vine | |
| | Mountain yucca | Yucca madrensis | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | 'Prairie Sunset' coral rain lily | Zephyranthes × | Bulb | |
| | White rain lily | Zephyranthes candida | Bulb | |
| | Yellow rain lily | Zephyranthes sulphurea | Bulb | |
| | Graythorn | Ziziphus obtusifolia | Large shrub | |
| Common Name ↑ ↓ | Botanical Name ↑ ↓ | Form ↑ ↓ | Purpose |
