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.
Select the 
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 |  |
| | Cowhorn agave | Agave bovicornuta | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Parry agave | Agave parryi var. parryi | Succulent/semisucculent |  |
| | Octopus agave | Agave vilmoriniana | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Bee brush | Aloysia gratissima | Medium shrub |  |
| | baja ragweed | Ambrosia bryantii | Small shrub |  |
| | Triangleleaf bursage | Ambrosia deltoidea | Small shrub | |
| | burrobush | Ambrosia dumosa | Subshrub | |
| | False-indigo bush | Amorpha fruticosa | Large shrub |  |
| | Flame bush | Anisacanthus quadrifidus | Medium shrub | |
| | Pink queen's wreath | Antigonon leptopus | Vine |  |
 | | Purple Three-awn | Aristida purpurea | Grass | |
| | Narrow-leaf milkweed | Asclepias angustifolia | Small shrub | |
| | Desert milkweed | Asclepias subulata | Small shrub | |
| | Butterfly milkweed | Asclepias tuberosa | Small shrub | |
| | Quail bush | Atriplex lentiformis | Large shrub | |
| | Seep willow | Baccharis salicifolia | Large shrub | |
| | Desert marigold | Baileya multiradiata | Perennial | |
| | Texasplume | Bauhinia lunaroides | Large shrub | |
| | Pata de Cabra | Bauhinia pringlii | Large shrub/ small tree | |
| | Chocolate flower | Berlandiera lyrata | Subshrub/groundcover | |
| | Chihuahuan brickellbush | Brickellia floribunda | Medium shrub | |
| | Elephant tree | Bursera microphylla | Medium shrub | |
| | Desert bird of paradise | Caesalpinia mexicana | Large shrub | |
| | Red bird-of-paradise | Caesalpinia pulcherrima | Medium shrub | |
| | Yellow orchid vine | Callaeum macropterum | Vine | |
| | Baja fairy duster | Calliandra californica | Medium shrub | |
| | Chiltepin wild and cultivated varieties | Capsicum annuum | Medium shrub | |
| | Various cultivars | Capsicum annuum | Medium shrub | |
| | Ahi Limon and others | Capsicum baccatum | Medium shrub | |
| | Habanero and others | Capsicum chinense | Medium shrub | |
| | Desert hackberry | Celtis pallida | Large shrub | |
| | Floriferous desert willow | Chilopsis linearis | Medium tree | |
| | Fragrant mist flower | Chromolaena odorata | Medium shrub | |
| | Boneset | Chromolaena sagitatta | Small shrub/spreading | |
| | Damianita | Chrysactinia mexicana | Small shrub | |
| | Chain-fruit cholla | Cilindropuntia fulgida | | |
| | Bush verbena | Citharexylum flabelliformis | Medium shrub | |
| | Drummond's clematis | Clematis drummondii | Vine | |
| | bat-faced cuphea | Cuphea llavea | Small shrub | |
| | Christmas Cholla | cylindropuntia leptocaulis | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Diamond cholla | Cylindropuntia ramosissima | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Green desert spoon | Dasylirion acrotrichum | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Smooth Desert Spoon | Dasylirion longissima | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Desert spoon | Dasylirion wheeleri | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Hopbush | Dodonaea viscosa | Large shrub | |
| | Valeriana del Monte | Dyschoriste hirsutissima | Subshrub | |
| | Brittlebush | Encelia farinosa | Medium shrub | |
| | Turpentine bush | Ericameria laricifolia | Medium shrub | |
| | Flattop buckwheat | Eriogonum fasciculatum | Small shrub | |
| | Southwest coral bean | Erythrina flabelliformis | Medium shrub | |
| | Zipehui | Euphorbia californica | Small shrub | |
| | Kidneywood | Eysenhardrtia Orthocarpa | Small Tree | |
| | Emory Barrel | Ferocactus emoryi | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | biznaga | Ferocactus latispinus | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | santa maria barrel | Ferocactus santa-maria | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Sosa Carrillo heritage fig | Ficus carica | Medium tree | |
| | Rock fig | Ficus petiolaris | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Arizona ash | Fraxinus velutina | Tree | |
| | Baja snapdragon | Gambelia juncea | Medium shrub | |
| | Wright silktassel | Garrya wrightii | Medium shrub | |
| | Siskiyou pink | Gaura lindheimeri - rose | Perennial | |
| | Goodding verbena | Glandularia gooddingii | Perennial | |
| | wild cotton | Gossypium thurberi | Small tree | |
| | Papalotillo | Guardiola platyphylla | Perennial | |
| | Texas firecracker bush | Hamelia patens | Medium shrub | |
| | SantaCatalina Burstwort | Hermannia pauciflora | Subshrub | |
| | Giant hesperaloe | Hesperaloe funifera | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Night-blooming hesperaloe | Hesperaloe nocturna | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Red Yucca | Hesperaloe parviflora | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | hofmeisteria | Hofmeisteria crassifolia | Subshrub | |
| | Desert lavender | Hyptis emoryi | Large shrub | |
| | Guereque | Ibervillea sonorae | Vine | |
| | sangrengado | Jatropha cuneata | Large shrub | |
| | Chuparosa | Justicia californica | Medium shrub | |
| | Red jacobinia | Justicia candicans | Small shrub | |
| | Confiturilla | Lagascea decipiens | Medium shrub | |
| | Creosotebush | Larrea tridentata | Large shrub | |
| | Not known | Lippia formosa | Small tree | |
| | Totempole cactus | Lophocereus schottii fa. monstrosus | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Wolfberry | Lycium brevipes | Large shrub | |
| | Feather tree | Lysiloma divericatum | Small tree | |
| | Purple bush bean | Macroptilium atropurpureum | Vine | |
| | Milfoil prickle-free | Mariosousa millefolia | Large shrub | |
| | Pyramid bush | Melochia tomentosa | Small shrub | |
| | morning glory vine | Merremia dissecta | Vine | |
| | velvet-pod mimosa | Mimosa dysocarpa | | |
| | Snake cactus | Morengaya pensilis | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Bamboo muhly | Muhlenbergia dumosa | Grass | |
| | Deer grass | Muhlenbergia rigens | Grass | |
| | Beargrass | Nolina microcarpa | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Hummingbird nopal | Nopalaea karwinskiana | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Desert ironwood tree | Olneya tesota | Tree | |
| | Prickly pear | Opuntia bravoana | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Old Mexico prickly pear | Opuntia gomei 'Old Mexico' | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Violet prickly pear | Opuntia gosseliniana | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Tuna colorada | Opuntia stenopetala | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Hecho | Pachycereus pecten-arboriginum | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Baja elephant tree | Pachycormus discolor | Medium shrub | |
| | blue palo verde | Parkinsonia florida | Tree | |
| | Guayule | Parthenium argentatum | Small shrub | |
| | Mariola | Parthenium incanum | Small shrub | |
| | Passion fruit | Passiflora arida | Vine | |
| | Firecracker penstemon | Penstemon eatoni | Perennial | |
| | Palmers penstemon | Penstemon palmeri | Subshrub | |
| | Parry penstemon | Penstemon parryi | Perennial | |
| | Canyon penstemon | Penstemon pseudospectabilis | Perennial | |
| | Superb penstemon | Penstemon superbus | Perennial | |
| | Rockdaisy | Perityle emori | Annual subshrub | |
| | Frog fruit | Phyla nodiflora | Ground cover | |
| | Arrowweed | Pluchea serricea | Large shrub | |
| | Summer Snow™ plumbago | Plumbago scandens | 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 | |
| | Kearney's sumac | Rhus kearneyi | Medium shrub | |
| | Littleleaf sumac | Rhus microphylla | Medium shrub | |
| | Longneck ruel | Ruellia nudiflora | Perennial | |
| | Desert ruellia | Ruellia peninsularis | Medium shrub | |
| | Chaparral sage | Salvia clevelandii | Medium shrub | |
| | Darcy's Mexican sage | Salvia darcyii | Medium shrub | |
| | autumn sage | Salvia greggii | Small shrub | |
| | Mexican bush sage | Salvia leucantha | Small shrub | |
| | Swizzle sticks | Senecio anteuphobium | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Catclaw acacia | Senegalia greggi | Large shrub | |
| | Velvet leaf senna | Senna lindheimeriana | Small shrub | |
| | Baja senna | Senna polyantha | Small shrub | |
| | Jojoba | Simmondsia chinensis | Large shrub | |
| | Sonoran nightshade | Solanum hindsianum | Large shrub | |
| | Desert mallow | Sphaeralcea ambigua | Small shrub | |
| | Texas betony | Stachys coccinea | Perennial | |
| | Chapacolor | Stegnosperma halimifolium | Large shrub | |
| | Day-of-the-dead flower | Symphiotrichum lanceolatum | Perennial | |
| | Tacinga | Tacinga inamoena Marlon's dwarf | Small cactus | |
| | Yellow bells | Tecoma stans | Large shrub | |
| | Angelita daisy | Tetraneuris (Hymenoxys) acaulis | Small shrub | |
| | Glory of Texas | Thelocactus bicolor | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Dogweed | Thymophylla pentachaeta | Small shrub | |
| | Sonoran air plant | Tillandsia exserta | Perennial | |
| | trans-pecos false acacia | Vachellia vernicosa | Large shrub | |
| | Skeleton-leaf goldeneye | Viguieria stenoloba | Medium shrub | |
| | Desert zinnia | Zinnia acerosa | Subshrub | |
| Common Name ↑ ↓ | Botanical Name ↑ ↓ | Form ↑ ↓ | Purpose |