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