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.
Select the 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.
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![]() | ![]() | Bat faced cuphea | Cuphea llavea | Small shrub | ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Desert fuschia (Zauschneria) | Epilobium canum | Perennial | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Desert honeysuckle | Anisacanthus thurberi | Medium shrub | ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Desert lavender (emoryi) | Hyptis albida | Large shrub | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Desert ruellia | Ruellia peninsularis | Medium shrub | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Fairy duster | Calliandra eriophylla | Small shrub | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Firecracker penstemon | Penstemon eatonii | Perennial | ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Flame bush | Anisacanthus quadrifidus | Medium shrub | ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Hummingbird nopal | Nopalea karwinskiana | Succulent/semisucculent | ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Lavender spice | Poliomintha madrensis | Small shrub | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Mexican bush sage | Salvia leucantha | Small shrub | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Mexican Honeysuckle | Justicia spicigera | Small shrub | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Parry agave | Agave parryi | Succulent/semisucculent | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Parry penstemon | Penstemon parryi | Perennial | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Red autumn sage | Salvia greggii | Small shrub | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Red hesperaloe | Hesperaloe parviflora | Succulent/semisucculent | ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Red jacobinia | Justicia candicans | Small shrub | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Red queen's wreath | Antigonon leptopus | Vine | ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Red snapdragon vine | Maurandya antirrhyniflora | Vine | ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Scarlet Flame Passion Vine | Passiflora × "Scarlet Flame" | Vine | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Scarlet red Salvia | Salvia microphylla | Small shrub | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Scented penstemon | Penstemon palmeri | Perennial | ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Siskiyou pink | Gaura lindheimeri | Perennial | ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Superb penstemon | Penstemon superbus | Perennial | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Texas betony | Stachys coccinea | Perennial | ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Texas firecracker bush | Hamelia patens | Medium shrub | ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Texas olive | Cordia boisieri | Tree | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | White spurge | Euphorbia xantii | Succulent/semisucculent | ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Yellow bells | Tecoma stans | Large shrub | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Yellow chuparosa | Justicia californica | Medium shrub | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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