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 perform a Google search for images and information on many of these plants.
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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 |   |
| | Desert rose | Adenium (Winter Remedy) hybrids | ||
| | Desert rose | Adenium hybrids (red) | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | King Ferdinand agave | Agave × nickelsiae | Succulent/semisucculent |  |
| | Arizona agave | Agave arizonica | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Shark skin agave | Agave asperrima × nickelsiae | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Twin-flowered agave | Agave geminiflora | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Lechugilla | Agave lechugilla | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Hohokam agave | Agave murpheyi | Succulent/semisucculent |  |
| | Variegated Hohokam agave | Agave murpheyi 'Rodney' | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Palmer agave | Agave palmeri | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Huachuca agave | Agave parryi var. hauchucaensis | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Parry agave | Agave parryi var. parryi | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Small-flowered agave | Agave parviflora ssp. densiflora | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Mezcal pelón | Agave pelona | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Hybrid Agave | Agave pelona × vilmoriniana | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Shindagger | Agave schottii | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Toumey agave | Agave toumeyana | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Queen Victoria agave | Agave victoria-reginae | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Octopus agave | Agave vilmoriniana | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Floss flower | Ageratum corymbosum | Small shrub | |
| | Blue elf Aloe | Aloe humilis × | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | 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 | |
| | 'Quitobaquito Springs' yerba mansa | Anemopsis californica | Ground cover | |
| | Flame bush | Anisacanthus quadrifidus | Medium shrub | |
| | Desert honeysuckle | Anisacanthus thurberi | Medium shrub | |
| | Pink queen's wreath | Antigonon leptopus | Vine | |
| | Red queen's wreath | Antigonon leptopus | Vine | |
| | White queen's wreath | Antigonon leptopus | Vine | |
| | White-veined Dutchman's pipe | Aristolochia fimbriata | Vining groundcover | |
| | Pipevine | Aristolochia quercitorum | Vining groundcover | |
| | Southwestern pipevine | Aristolochia watsonii | Vining groundcover | |
| | Sage | Artemisia ludoviciana | Perennial | |
| | Narrow-leaf milkweed | Asclepias angustifolia | Small shrub | |
| | Pine-leaf milkweed | Asclepias linaria | Small shrub | |
| | Desert milkweed | Asclepias subulata | Small shrub | |
| | Butterfly milkweed | Asclepias tuberosa | Perennial | |
| | Quail bush | Atriplex lentiformis | Large shrub | |
| | Seep willow | Baccharis salicifolia | Large shrub | |
| | Desert marigold | Baileya multiradiata | Perennial | |
| | Willow groundsel | Barkleyanthus salicifolius | Medium shrub | |
| | Golden cereus | Bergerocactus emoryi | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Chocolate flower | Berlandiera lyrata | Perennial | |
| | Side-oats grama | Bouteloua curtipendula | Grass | |
| | False grama | Bouteloua diversispicula | Grass | |
| | Blue grama | Bouteloua gracilis | Grass | |
| | Purple butterfly bush | Buddleia davidii | | |
| | Butterfly bush | Buddleja marrubiifolia | Medium shrub | |
| | Rio Grande butterfly bush | Buddleja sessiliflora | Medium shrub | |
| | Torote prieto | Bursera epinata | 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 | |
| | 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 | |
| | Chiltepin | Capsicum annuum | Medium shrub | |
| | Aji charapita | Capsicum frutescens | Small shrub | |
| | Saguaro | Carnegiea gigantea | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Burgundy desert willow | Chilopsis linearis | Medium tree | |
| | Floriferous desert willow | Chilopsis linearis | Medium tree | |
| | Fragrant mist flower | Chromolaena odorata | Medium shrub | |
| | Damianita | Chrysactinia mexicana | Small shrub | |
| | Bush verbena | Citharexylum flabelliformis | Medium shrub | |
| | Sweet lime | Citrus limettioides | Small tree | |
| | Candle cactus | Cleistocactus candelaria | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Hybrid silver torch | Cleistocactus hyalacanthus × | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Hummingbird pincushion cactus | Cochemiea poselgeri | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Mist flower | Conoclinium (Eupatorium) greggii | Perennial | |
| | Sand cholla | Corynopuntia marenae | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | 'Goodwin Homestead' heritage quince | Cydonia oblonga | Small tree | |
| | Diamond cholla | Cylindropuntia ramosissima | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Baja plum tree | Cyrtocarpa edulis | Medium shrub | |
| | Silver dalea | Dalea bicolor | Large shrub | |
| | Trailing yellow dalea | Dalea capitata Sierra Gold ? | Ground cover | |
| | Black dalea | Dalea frutescens | Small shrub | |
| | Trailing indigo bush | Dalea greggii | Ground cover | |
| | 'Sierra Moonrise' Dalea | Dalea lutea | Small shrub | |
| | Pea flower | Dalea pulchra | Medium shrub | |
| | Toothless desert spoon | Dasylirion quadrangulatum | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Desert spoon | Dasylirion texanum | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Desert spoon | Dasylirion wheeleri | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Green-flowered bromel | Deuterocchonia brevifolia | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Arizona foldwing | Dicliptera resupinata | Perennial | |
| | Uruguayan firecracker plant | Dicliptera squarrosa (D. suberecta) | Perennial | |
| | Arizona cottontop | Digitaria californica | Grass | |
| | Hopbush | Dodonaea viscosa | Large shrub | |
| | Golden barrel | Echinocactus grusonii | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Spineless hedgehog cactus | Echinocereus 'inermis' | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Órgano-pequeño | Echinocereus leucanthus | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Andean cardon | Echinopsis atacamensis ssp. pasacana | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Brittlebush | Encelia farinosa | Medium shrub | |
| | Desert fuschia | Epilobium canum | Perennial | |
| | Desert Mountain™ turpentine bush | Ericameria laricifolia | Medium shrub | |
| | Aguirre™ turpentine bush | Ericameria laricifolia | Medium shrub | |
| | Flattop buckwheat | Eriogonum fasciculatum | Small shrub | |
| | Coral bean | Erythrina ×bidwelii | Medium shrub | |
| | Southwest coral bean | Erythrina flabelliformis | Medium shrub | |
| | Yellow bird-of-paradise | Erythrostemon gilliesii | Medium shrub | |
| | Slipper flower | Euphorbia (Pedilanthus macrocarpus) lomellii | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Tall slipper plant | Euphorbia (Pedilanthus) bracteata | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Prickly pear spurge | Euphorbia opuntioides | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Sulu spurge | Euphorbia royleana | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | White spurge | Euphorbia xanti | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Apache plume | Falugia paradoxa | Medium shrub | |
| | Fire barrel | Ferocactus gracilis | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Texas barrel cactus | Ferocactus haematacanthus | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Devil's tongue barrel | Ferocactus latispinus | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Fishhook barrel | Ferocactus wislizeni | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Blue fescue | Festuca ovina ssp. glauca | Grass | |
| | Kino heritage fig | Ficus carica | Medium tree | |
| | Oro Blanco heritage fig | Ficus carica | Medium tree | |
| | Henderson heritage fig | Ficus carica | Medium tree | |
| | 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 | |
| | Rock fig | Ficus petiolaris (mounted on a rock) | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Desert olive | Forestiera shrevei | Medium shrub | |
| | Ocotillo blanco pichilinge | Fouquieria burageei | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Boojum | Fouquieria columnaris | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Mexican tree ocotillo | Fouquieria macdougalii | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Mexican bottle tree | Fouquieria purpusii | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Ocotillo | Fouquieria splendens | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Garbancillo | Galphemia glauca | Medium shrub | |
| | Wright silktassel | Garrya wrightii | Medium shrub | |
| | Siskiyou pink | Gaura lindheimeri - rose | Perennial | |
| | Whirling butterflies | Gaura lindheimeri - white | Perennial | |
| | Goodding verbena | Glandularia gooddingii | Perennial | |
| | Airy bachelor's buttons | Gomphrena decumbens | Small shrub | |
 | | Sonoran milkweed vine | Gonolobus ? uniflorus | Vine | |
| | Club cholla | Grusonia emoryi | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Guayacán | Guaiacum coulteri | Large shrub | |
| | Papaltillo | Guardiola platyphylla | Perennial | |
| | Texas firecracker bush | Hamelia patens | Medium shrub | |
| | Moon cactus | Harrisia pomanensis | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Maximilian sunflower | Helianthus maximiliani | Medium shrub | |
| | Island renegade | Henrya insularis | Small shrub | |
| | Pink Parade® | Hesperaloe hybrid | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Buttercup hesperaloe | Hesperaloe hybrid | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Night-blooming hesperaloe | Hesperaloe nocturna | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Desert Flamenco® | Hesperaloe parviflora | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Red Yucca | Hesperaloe parviflora | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Sandia Glow™ | Hesperaloe parviflora hybrid | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Desert Dusk ™ | Hesperaloe parviflora hybrid | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Desert rose mallow | Hibiscus coulteri | Small shrub | |
| | Heartleaf hibiscus | Hibiscus martianus | Small shrub | |
| | Curly mesquite | Hilaria belangeri | Grass | |
| | Carrion flower | Hoodiopsis species | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Desert lavender | Hyptis emoryi | Large shrub | |
| | Tree morningglory | Ipomoea arborescens | Small tree | |
| | Clustervine | Jacquemontia pringlei | Vine | |
| | Ashy limberbush | Jatropha cinerea | Medium shrub | |
| | Chuparosa | Justicia californica | Medium shrub | |
| | Red jacobinia | Justicia candicans | Small shrub | |
| | Sonoran honeysuckle | Justicia sonorae | Perennial | |
| | Mexican Honeysuckle | Justicia spicigera | Small shrub | |
| | Creosotebush | Larrea tridentata | Large shrub | |
| | Agave cactus | Leuchtenbergia principis | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Compact sage | Leucophyllum frutescens 'Compacta' | Medium shrub | |
| | Lynn's Legacy | Leucophyllum langmaniae 'Lynn's Legacy' | Medium shrub | |
| | Rio Bravo | Leucophyllum langmaniae Rio Bravo® | Medium shrub | |
| | Fragrant sage | Leucophyllum pruinosum | Large shrub | |
| | Houdini×™ sage | Leucophyllum revolutum Houdini™ | Medium shrub | |
| | Mexican oregano | Lippia graveolens | Small shrub | |
| | Cardinal flower | Lobelia cardinalis | Perennial | |
| | Peanut cactus | Lobivia sylvestris | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Senita | Lophocereus schottii | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Slender totempole cactus | Lophocereus schottii fa. miekleyanus | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Totempole cactus | Lophocereus schottii fa. monstrosus | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Twisted sister | Lophocereus schottii fa. monstrosus spiralis | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Wolfberry | Lycium brevipes | Large shrub | |
| | White Turk's cap | Malvaviscus arborea | Medium shrub | |
| | Red Turk's cap | Malvaviscus arborea | Medium shrub | |
| | Ladyfinger cactus | Mammillaria elongata | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Whitebark acacia | Mariosousa willardiana | Small tree | |
| | Grasvygie | Marlothistella uniondalensis | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Snapdragon vine | Maurandya antirrhiniflora - purple | Vine | |
| | Blackfoot daisy | Melampodium leucanthum | Small shrub | |
| | Pyramid bush | Melochia tomentosa | Small shrub | |
| | 'Mission San Antonio de Padua' heritage mint | Mentha sp. | Perennial | |
| | Yellow morning glory vine | Merremia aurea | Vine | |
| | Velvetpod mimosa | Mimosa dysocarpa | Medium shrub | |
| | Snake cactus | Morengaya pensilis | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Pink Flamingo | Muhlenbergia × 'Pink Flamingo' | Grass | |
| | White Cloud Muhly Grass | Muhlenbergia capillaris 'White Cloud' | Grass | |
| | Regal Mist® Muhly | Muhlenbergia capillaris Regal Mist® | Grass | |
| | Bamboo muhly | Muhlenbergia dumosa | Grass | |
| | Cochal | Myrtillocactus cochal | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Candelabra cactus | Myrtillocactus geometrizans | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Mexican feather grass | Nassella tenuissima | Grass | |
| | 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 | |
| | Chihuahuan primrose | Oenothera stubbei | | |
| | Scarlet bee blossom | Oenothera suffrutescens (Gaura coccinea) | Perennial | |
| | Desert ironwood tree | Olneya tesota | Tree | |
| | Dwarf beavertail prickly pear | Opuntia basilaris (dwarf form) | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Old Mexico prickly pear | Opuntia gomei 'Old Mexico' | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Violet prickly pear | Opuntia gosseliniana | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Woolly Jacket prickly pear | Opuntia species | ||
| | Tuna colorada | Opuntia stenopetala | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Etcho | Pachycereus pecten-aboriginum | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Baja elephant tree | Pachycormus discolor | Medium shrub | |
| | Foothill palo verde | Parkinsonia microphylla | Tree | |
| | Passion fruit | Passiflora arida | Vine | |
| | Edible passion fruit | Passiflora edulis | Vine | |
| | 'Incense' passion vine | Passiflora incarnata× P. cincinnata | Vine | |
| | Night-blooming cereus | Peniocereus greggii | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Mexican night-blooming cereus | Peniocereus serpentinus | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Dahlia-rooted cereus | Peniocereus striatus | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Sand penstemon | Penstemon ambiguus | Perennial | |
| | Mexican blue penstemon | Penstemon amphorellae | Perennial | |
| | Firecracker penstemon | Penstemon eatoni | Perennial | |
| | Parry penstemon | Penstemon parryi | Perennial | |
| | Canyon penstemon | Penstemon pseudospectabilis | Perennial | |
| | Ruby penstemon | Penstemon schoenholzeri | Perennial | |
| | Superb penstemon | Penstemon superbus | Perennial | |
| | Frog fruit | Phyla nodiflora | Ground cover | |
| | Arrowweed | Pluchea serricea | Large shrub | |
| | Summer Snow™ plumbago | Plumbago scandens | Small shrub | |
| | Plumeria | Plumeria rubra var. acutifolia | Small shrub | |
| | Lavender spice | Poliomintha maderensis | Small shrub | |
| | Velvet mesquite | Prosopis velutina | Tree | |
| | 'Garcia Camp' heritage pomegranate | Punica granatum 'Garcia Camp' | Large shrub/small tree | |
| | 'Quitoboquito Springs' heritage pomegranate | Punica granatum 'Quitoboquito' | Large shrub/small tree | |
| | Sugar sumac | Rhus ovata | Large shrub | |
| | Evergreen sumac | Rhus virens | Large shrub | |
| | Arizona blackberry | Rubus arizonensis | Vine | |
| | Longneck ruel | Ruellia nudiflora | Perennial | |
| | Desert ruellia | Ruellia peninsularis | Medium shrub | |
| | Red firecracker plant | Russelia × St. Elmo's Fire™ | Medium shrub | |
| | Coral fountain | Russelia equisetiformis | Small shrub | |
| | Trailing russelia | Russelia furfuracea | Ground cover | |
| | White sage | Salvia apiana | Medium shrub | |
| | Dwarf white sage | Salvia apiana var. compacta | Small 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 | |
| | Galaena red sage | Salvia darcyi | Perennial | |
| | Texas Violet mealy cup sage | Salvia farinacea | Small shrub | |
| | Purple autumn sage | Salvia greggii | Small shrub | |
| | Crimson sage | Salvia henryi | Perennial | |
| | Pozo Blue sage | Salvia hybrid | | |
| | Trident™ sage | Salvia hybrid | | |
| | PP# 21411 'Ultra Violet' canyon sage | Salvia lycoides × | Perennial | |
| | Grape-scented sage | Salvia melissodora | Small shrub | |
| | Scarlet red Salvia | Salvia microphylla | Small shrub | |
| | West Texas grass sage | Salvia reptans | Small shrub | |
| | Hybrid grass sage | Salvia reptans × | Small shrub | |
| | Scallopleaf sage | Salvia vaseyi | Small shrub | |
| | Baseball bat | Sanseveria | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Red skullcap | Scutellaria × | Perennial | |
| | Sina volador | Selenicereus vagens | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Swizzle sticks | Senecio anteuphobium | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | 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 | |
| | Caliche globe mallow | Sphaeralcea laxa | Small shrub | |
| | Rusby's desert mallow | Sphaeralcea rusbyi | Perennial | |
| | Texas betony | Stachys coccinea | Perennial | |
| | Organpipe cactus | Stenocereus thurberi | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Dwarf organpipe cactus | Stenocereus thurberi var. littoralis | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Day-of-the-dead flower | Symphiotrichum lanceolatum | Perennial | |
| | Mountain marigold | Tagetes lemmonii | Small shrub | |
| | Talinum | Talinum triangulare | Perennial | |
| | Argentine orange bells | Tecoma garrocha | Large shrub | |
| | "Sunrise™ Bells, Esperanza" | Tecoma hybrid | Medium shrub | |
| | Solar Flare? orange tecoma | Tecoma hybrid | Medium shrub | |
| | Sierra Apricot™ tecoma | Tecoma hybrid | Medium shrub | |
| | "Orange' Bell, Esperanza" | Tecoma hybrid | Medium shrub | |
| | Crimson Flare? tecoma | Tecoma hybrid | Medium shrub | |
| | Orange jubilee | Tecoma hybrid | Large shrub | |
| | Yellow bells | Tecoma stans | Large shrub | |
| | Angelita daisy | Tetraneuris (Hymenoxys) acaulis | Small shrub | |
| | Glory of Texas | Thelocactus bicolor | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | 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 | |
| | Argentine saguaro | Trichocereus terscheckii | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Felger crownbeard | Verbesina felgeri | Small shrub | |
| | Skeleton-leaf goldeneye | Viguieria stenoloba | Medium shrub | |
| | 'Mission San Borja' heritage grape | Vitis species | Vine | |
| | Graythorn | Ziziphus obtusifolia | Large shrub | |
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