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