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