2017 Plant List
Please explore our inventory below which may experience additional updates prior to the start of the sale. You can use the sort and print features to generate your shopping list. 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.
As always, the region’s #1 botany experts will be on hand to answer questions and offer advice to aid your shopping. Proceeds from the sale support our important Desert Museum’s mission. Please bring your empty 1-gallon nursery pots to recycle for next year’s sale.
Last update: 07-25-2017
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| Common Name ↑ ↓ | Botanical Name ↑ ↓ | Form ↑ ↓ | Purpose | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | '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 | |
| | Arizona foldwing | Dicliptera resupinata | Perennial |   |
| | Arizona grape ivy | Cissus trifoliata | Vine | |
| | Baja fairy duster | Calliandra californica | Medium shrub | |
| | Bamboo muhly | Muhlenbergia dumosa | Grass | |
| | Biznagita | Mammillaria setispina | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Blue flax | Linum lewisii | Perennial | |
| | Bush muhly | Muhlenbergia porteri | Grass | |
| | Caliche globe mallow | Sphaeralcea laxa | Small shrub | |
| | Candelabra cactus | Myrtillocactus geometrizans | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Canyon penstemon | Penstemon pseudospectabilis | Perennial | |
| | Carlowrightia | Carlowrightia arizonica | Small shrub | |
| | Casa de rata | Echinocereus brandegeei | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Chuparosa | Justicia californica | Medium shrub | |
| | Clustervine | Jacquemontia pringlei | Vine | |
| | Cochal | Myrtillocactus cochal | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Copper globe mallow | Sphaeralcea angustifolia | Small shrub | |
| | Crested candelabra cactus | Myrtillocactus geometrizans crest | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Crimson Flare® tecoma | Tecoma × Crimson Flare® | Large shrub | |
| | Curly mesquite | Hilaria belangeri | Grass | |
| | Desert fuschia | Epilobium (Zauschneria) canum | Perennial | |
| | Desert mallow | Sphaeralcea ambigua | Small shrub | |
| | Desert rock pea | Acmispon (Lotus) rigidus | Small shrub | |
| | Desert rose mallow | Hibiscus coulteri | Small shrub | |
| | Durango prickly pear | Opuntia durangensis | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Dwarf organpipe cactus | Stenocereus thurberi var. littoralis | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Fairy duster | Calliandra eriophylla | Small shrub | |
| | False grama | Cathestecum brevifolium | Grass | |
| | Hummingbird pincushion cactus | Mammillaria poselgeri | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Island renegade | Henrya insularis | Small shrub | |
| | Longneck Ruel | Ruellia nudiflora | Perennial | |
| | Mexican Honeysuckle | Justicia spicigera | Small shrub | |
| | Moon cactus | Harrisia pomanensis | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Nopal | Opuntia wilcoxii | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Old Mexico prickly pear | Opuntia gomei 'Old Mexico' | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Orange Jubilee | Tecoma × | Large shrub | |
| | Organpipe cactus | Stenocereus thurberi | Succulent/semisucculent |  |
| | Palmer Indian mallow | Abutilon palmeri | Small shrub | |
| | Parry penstemon | Penstemon parryi | Perennial | |
| | Purple justicia | Justicia masiaca | Perennial | |
| | Pyramid bush | Melochia tomentosa | Small shrub | |
| | Rusby's desert mallow | Sphaeralcea rusbyi | Perennial | |
| | Saguaro | Carnegiea gigantea | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Scarlet bee blossom | Oenothera suffrutescens (Gaura coccinea) | Perennial | |
| | Side-oats grama | Bouteloua curtipendula | Grass | |
| | Sierra Apricot™ tecoma | Tecoma × Sierra Apricot™ | Large shrub | |
| | Slender Grama | Bouteloua repens | Grass | |
| | Slimpod senna | Senna hirsuta var. glaberrima | Small shrub | |
| | Snapdragon vine | Maurandya antirrhiniflora - purple | Vine | |
| | Snapdragon vine | Maurandya antirrhiniflora - red | Vine | |
| | Solar Flare® Orange tecoma | Tecoma × Solar Flare® | Large shrub | |
| | Sonoran honeysuckle | Justicia sonorae | Perennial | |
| | Thornless tiger tongue | Opuntia ellisiana | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Tufted evening primrose | Oenothera caespitosa | Perennial | |
| | Tuna colorada | Opuntia stenopetala | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | White needle flower | Justicia longii | Perennial | |
| | Wild cotton | Gossypium thurberi | Medium shrub | |
| | Yellow bells | Tecoma stans | Large shrub | |
| | Yellow chuparosa | Justicia californica - yellow | Medium shrub | |
| | Yellow evening primrose | Calylophus hartwegii | Ground cover | |
| Common Name ↑ ↓ | Botanical Name ↑ ↓ | Form ↑ ↓ |
