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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Little Golden Zinnia | Zinnia grandiflora | Small shrub |  |
| | Desert zinnia | Zinnia acerosa | Small shrub | |
| | Skeleton-leaf goldeneye | Viguieria stenoloba | Medium shrub |  |
| | Parish Goldeneye | Viguiera parishii | Small shrub | |
| | Felger crownbeard | Verbesina felgeri | Small shrub | |
| | Arizona rosewood | Vauquelinia californica | Large shrub | |
| | Torch cactus hybrids | Trichocereus hybrid | Succulent/semisucculent |  |
| | Mexican sunflower hybrid | Tithonia x Lagascea | Medium shrub | |
| | Golden fleece | Thymophylla pentachaeta | Perennial | |
| | Angelita daisy | Tetraneuris (Hymenoxys) acaulis | Small shrub | |
| | Pine cone cactus | Tephrocactus articulatus | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Yellow bells | Tecoma stans | Large shrub |   |
| | Crimson Flare® tecoma | Tecoma hybrid | Medium shrub | |
| | Sierra Apricot™ tecoma | Tecoma hybrid | Medium shrub | |
| | Solar Flare® orange tecoma | Tecoma hybrid | Medium shrub | |
| | Mexican tarragon | Tagetes lucida | Small shrub | |
| | Mountain marigold | Tagetes lemmonii | Small shrub | |
| | Minature prickly pear | Tacinga inamoena | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Desert globe mallow | Sphaeralcea ambigua | Small shrub | |
| | Sonoran nightshade | Solanum hindsianum | Large shrub | |
| | Jojoba | Simmondsia chinensis | Large shrub | |
| | Shrubby Senna | Senna wislizeni | Medium shrub | |
| | Starrfire red skullcap | Scutellaria hybrid | Perennial | |
| | Mexican bush sage | Salvia leucantha | Small shrub | |
| | Pozo Blue sage | Salvia hybrid | | |
| | Galaena red sage | Salvia darcyi | Perennial | |
| | Chaparral sage | Salvia clevelandii | Medium shrub | |
| | White sage | Salvia apiana | Medium shrub | |
| | Desert ruellia | Ruellia peninsularis | Medium shrub | |
| | Prairie coneflower | Ratibida columnifera | Perennial | |
| | ' Sosa Carillo' heritage pomegranate | Punica granatum Sosa Carrillo | Tree | |
| | Paper flower | Psilostrophe cooperi | Small shrub | |
| | Lavender spice | Poliomintha maderensis | Small shrub | |
| | Summer Snow™ plumbago | Plumbago zeylandica | Small shrub | |
| | Parry penstemon | Penstemon parryi | Perennial | |
| | Firecracker penstemon | Penstemon eatoni | Perennial | |
| | Dahlia-rooted cereus | Peniocereus striatus | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Night-blooming cereus | Peniocereus greggii | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | 'Incense' passion vine | Passiflora incarnata× P. cincinnata | Vine | |
| | Passion fruit | Passiflora arida | Vine | |
| | Blind prickly pear | Opuntia rufida | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Long-spined prickly pear | Opuntia macrocentra | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Mexican Evening Primrose | Oenothera speciosa 'Siskiyou' | Perennial | |
| | Nelson Beargrass | Nolina nelsonii | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Beargrass | Nolina microcarpa | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Candelabra cactus | Myrtillocactus geometrizans | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Cochal | Myrtillocactus cochal | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Deer grass | Muhlenbergia rigens | Grass | |
| | Autumn Glow™ | Muhlenbergia lindheimeri | Grass | |
| | Pyramid bush | Melochia tomentosa | Small shrub | |
| | Blackfoot daisy | Melampodium leucanthum | Small shrub | |
 | | Mangle Dulce | Maytenus phyllanthoides | Small shrub | |
| | Santa Rita acacia | Mariosousa (Acacia) millefolia | Large shrub | |
| | Texas tuberose | Manfreda maculosa | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Catclaw vine | Macfadyena unguis-cati | Large vine | |
| | Sonoran brittlestem | Mabrya geniculata | Small shrub | |
| | Feather tree | Lysiloma watsoni | Medium tree | |
| | Wolfberry | Lycium brevipes | Large shrub | |
| | Wolfberry | Lycium berlandieri | Medium shrub | |
| | Anderson Wolfberry | Lycium andersonii | Medium shrub | |
| | Twisted sister | Lophocereus schottii fa. monstrosus spiralis | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Totempole cactus | Lophocereus schottii fa. Monstrosus | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Convent Texas Ranger | Leucophyllum x convent | Medium shrub | |
| | Rio Bravo | Leucophyllum langmaniae Rio Bravo ® | Medium shrub | |
| | Green Cloud™ | Leucophyllum frutescens | Large shrub | |
| | Purple trailing lantana | Lantana montevidensis | Ground cover | |
| | Gold lantana | Lantana camara hybrid | Small shrub | |
| | Mexican sunflower hybrid | Lagascea x Tithonia | ||
| | Confiturilla grande | Lagascea decipiens | Medium shrub | |
| | Mexican Honeysuckle | Justicia spicigera | Small shrub | |
| | Sonoran honeysuckle | Justicia sonorae | Perennial | |
| | Red jacobinia | Justicia candicans | Small shrub | |
| | Yellow chuparosa | Justicia californica | Medium shrub | |
| | California Satintail | Imperata brevifolia | Grass | |
| | Desert rose mallow | Hibiscus biseptus | Perennial | |
| | Red hesperaloe | Hesperaloe parviflora | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Pink Parade® | Hesperaloe hybrid | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Giant Hesperaloe | Hesperaloe funifera | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Wild Cotton | Gossypium turneri | Medium shrub | |
| | Wild cotton | Gossypium thurberi | Medium shrub | |
| | Airy bachelor's buttons | Gomphrena decumbens | Small shrub | |
| | Goodding verbena | Glandularia gooddingii | Perennial | |
| | Siskiyou pink | Gaura lindheimeri | Perennial | |
| | Slender Goldshower | Galphimia gracilis | ||
| | Ocotillo | Fouquieria splendens | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Rock fig | Ficus petiolaris (mounted on a rock) | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Rock fig | Ficus petiolaris | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Devil's tongue barrel | Ferocactus latispinus | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Pineapple Guava | Feijoa sellowiana | Large shrub | |
| | Apache plume | Falugia paradoxa | Medium shrub | |
| | White spurge | Euphorbia xanti | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | African milk tree | Euphorbia trigonis | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | cactus spurge | Euphorbia species | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Morrocan spurge | Euphorbia resinifera | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Slipper flower | Euphorbia lomellii (Pedilanthus macrocarpus) | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Zipehui | Euphorbia californica | Medium shrub | |
| | Wax spurge | Euphorbia antisyphilitica | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Slipper flower | Euphorbia (Pedilanthus macrocarpus) lomellii | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Boneset | Eupatorium saggitatum | Medium shrub | |
| | Flattop buckwheat | Eriogonum fasciculatum | Small shrub | |
| | Aguirre™ turpentine bush | Ericameria laricifolia | Small shrub | |
| | Desert fuschia | Epilobium (Zauschneria) canum | Perennial | |
| | Brittlebush | Encelia farinosa | Medium shrub | |
| | Golden barrel | Echinocactus grusonii | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Hopbush | Dodonaea viscosa | Large shrub | |
| | Uruguayan firecracker plant | Dicliptera squarrosa (D. suberecta) | Perennial | |
| | Desert spoon | Dasylirion wheeleri | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Toothless desert spoon | Dasylirion quadrangulatum | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Oakwoods prairie clover | Dalea versicolor | Medium shrub | |
| | Pea flower | Dalea pulchra | Medium shrub | |
| | Trailing indigo bush | Dalea greggii | Ground cover | |
| | Diamond cholla | Cylindropuntia ramosissima | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | 'Goodwin Homestead' heritage quince | Cydonia oblonga | Small tree | |
| | Arizona cypress | Cupressus arizonica | Tree | |
| | Little-leaf cordia | Cordia parvifolia | Large shrub | |
| | Texas olive | Cordia boissieri | Tree | |
| | Mist flower | Conoclinium (Eupatorium) discectum | Perennial | |
| | Candle cactus | Cleistocactus candelilla | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Sweet lime | Citrus limettioides | Small tree | |
| | Bush verbena | Citharexylum flabelliformis | Medium shrub | |
| | Damianita | Chrysactinia mexicana | Small shrub | |
| | Boneset | Chromolaena sagittata | Medium shrub | |
| | Fragrant mist flower | Chromolaena odorata | Medium shrub | |
| | Desert willow | Chilopsis linearis | Tree | |
| | Button bush | Cephalanthus occidentalis | Large shrub | |
| | Netleaf hackberry | Celtis reticulata | Tree | |
| | Saguaro | Carnegiea gigantea | Succulent/semisucculent |  |
| | Balloon vine | Cardiospermum corindum | Vine | |
| | Chiltepin | Capsicum annuum | Small shrub | |
| | Yellow evening primrose | Calylophus hartwegii | Ground cover | |
| | Sundrop | Calylophus drummondianus | Medium shrub | |
| | 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 | |
| | Torote | Bursera filicifolia | Medium shrub | |
| | Butterfly bush | Buddleja marrubiifolia | Medium shrub | |
| | Croosvine | Bignonia capreolata | Large vine | |
| | Chocolate flower | Berlandiera lyrata | Perennial | |
| | Desert marigold | Baileya multiradiata | Perennial | |
| | Quail bush | Atriplex lentiformis | Large shrub | |
| | 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 | |
| | White-veined Dutchman's pipe | Aristolochia fimbriata | Vining groundcover | |
| | Desert honeysuckle | Anisacanthus thurberi | Medium shrub | |
| | Flame bush | Anisacanthus quadrifidus | Medium shrub | |
| | Yerba mansa | Anemopsis californica | Ground cover | |
| | White bursage | Ambrosia dumosa | Small shrub | |
| | Triangleleaf bursage | Ambrosia deltoidea | Small shrub | |
| | Baja bursage | Ambrosia bryantii | Small shrub | |
| | Bee brush | Aloysia gratissima | Medium shrub | |
| | Aloe | Aloe hybrid | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Agave sp. | Agave sp. | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Huachuca agave | Agave parryi var. huachucensis | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Desert rose | Adenium hybrids (red) | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Adelia | Adelia obovata | Large shrub | |
| Common Name ↑ ↓ | Botanical Name ↑ ↓ | Form ↑ ↓ | Purpose |