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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Common Name ↑ ↓ | Botanical Name ↑ ↓ | Form ↑ ↓ | Purpose | ||
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Parry agave | Agave parryi | Succulent/semisucculent | |||
Desert honeysuckle | Anisacanthus thurberi | Medium shrub | |||
Red queen's wreath | Antigonon leptopus | Vine | |||
Fairy duster | Calliandra eriophylla | Small shrub | |||
Texas olive | Cordia boisieri | Tree | |||
White spurge | Euphorbia xantii | Succulent/semisucculent | |||
Red hesperaloe | Hesperaloe parviflora | Succulent/semisucculent | |||
Desert lavender (emoryi) | Hyptis albida | Large shrub | |||
Hummingbird nopal | Nopalea karwinskiana | Succulent/semisucculent | |||
Scarlet Flame Passion Vine | Passiflora × "Scarlet Flame" | Vine | |||
Scented penstemon | Penstemon palmeri | Perennial | |||
Parry penstemon | Penstemon parryi | Perennial | |||
Superb penstemon | Penstemon superbus | Perennial | |||
Lavender spice | Poliomintha madrensis | Small shrub | |||
Desert ruellia | Ruellia peninsularis | Medium shrub | |||
Red autumn sage | Salvia greggii | Small shrub | |||
Mexican bush sage | Salvia leucantha | Small shrub | |||
Scarlet red Salvia | Salvia microphylla | Small shrub | |||
Yellow bells | Tecoma stans | Large shrub | |||
Common Name ↑ ↓ | Botanical Name ↑ ↓ | Form ↑ ↓ | Purpose |