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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 perform a Google search for images and information on many of these plants.
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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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Desert rock pea | Acmispon (Lotus) rigidus | Small shrub |     |
| | Arizona agave | Agave arizonica | Succulent/semisucculent |  |
| | Twin-flowered agave | Agave geminiflora | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Lechugilla | Agave lechugilla | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Palmer agave | Agave palmeri | Succulent/semisucculent |  |
| | Huachuca agave | Agave parryi var. hauchucaensis | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Parry agave | Agave parryi var. parryi | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Mezcal pelón | Agave pelona | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Hybrid Agave | Agave pelona × vilmoriniana | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Shindagger | Agave schottii | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Toumey agave | Agave toumeyana | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Octopus agave | Agave vilmoriniana | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Desert honeysuckle | Anisacanthus thurberi | Medium shrub | |
| | Pink queen's wreath | Antigonon leptopus | Vine | |
| | Red queen's wreath | Antigonon leptopus | Vine | |
| | White queen's wreath | Antigonon leptopus | Vine | |
| | Red bird-of-paradise | Caesalpinia pulcherrima | Medium shrub | |
| | Baja fairy duster | Calliandra californica | Medium shrub | |
| | Fairy duster | Calliandra eriophylla | Small shrub | |
| | Hummingbird pincushion cactus | Cochemiea poselgeri | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Yellow bird-of-paradise | Erythrostemon gilliesii | Medium shrub | |
| | White spurge | Euphorbia xanti | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Ocotillo blanco pichilinge | Fouquieria burageei | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Buttercup hesperaloe | Hesperaloe hybrid | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Pink Parade® | Hesperaloe hybrid | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Night-blooming hesperaloe | Hesperaloe nocturna | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Desert Flamenco® | Hesperaloe parviflora | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Red Yucca | Hesperaloe parviflora | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Sandia Glow™ | Hesperaloe parviflora hybrid | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Desert Dusk ™ | Hesperaloe parviflora hybrid | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Heartleaf hibiscus | Hibiscus martianus | Small shrub | |
| | Desert lavender | Hyptis emoryi | Large shrub | |
| | Tree morningglory | Ipomoea arborescens | Small tree | |
| | White Turk's cap | Malvaviscus arborea | Medium shrub | |
| | Red Turk's cap | Malvaviscus arborea | Medium shrub | |
| | Snake cactus | Morengaya pensilis | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Hummingbird nopal | Nopalaea karwinskiana | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Parry penstemon | Penstemon parryi | Perennial | |
| | Canyon penstemon | Penstemon pseudospectabilis | Perennial | |
| | Ruby penstemon | Penstemon schoenholzeri | Perennial | |
| | Superb penstemon | Penstemon superbus | Perennial | |
| | Lavender spice | Poliomintha maderensis | Small shrub | |
| | Longneck ruel | Ruellia nudiflora | Perennial | |
| | Desert ruellia | Ruellia peninsularis | Medium shrub | |
| | White sage | Salvia apiana | Medium shrub | |
| | Dwarf white sage | Salvia apiana var. compacta | Small shrub | |
| | Chaparral sage | Salvia clevelandii | Medium shrub | |
| | Carl Nielson sage | Salvia clevelandii × S. mojavensis | Medium shrub | |
| | Galaena red sage | Salvia darcyi | Perennial | |
| | Crimson sage | Salvia henryi | Perennial | |
| | Pozo Blue sage | Salvia hybrid | | |
| | Trident™ sage | Salvia hybrid | | |
| | PP# 21411 'Ultra Violet' canyon sage | Salvia lycoides × | Perennial | |
| | Grape-scented sage | Salvia melissodora | Small shrub | |
| | Scarlet red Salvia | Salvia microphylla | Small shrub | |
| | West Texas grass sage | Salvia reptans | Small shrub | |
| | Scallopleaf sage | Salvia vaseyi | Small shrub | |
| | Dwarf organpipe cactus | Stenocereus thurberi var. littoralis | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Argentine orange bells | Tecoma garrocha | Large shrub | |
| | Orange jubilee | Tecoma hybrid | Large shrub | |
| | Crimson Flare? tecoma | Tecoma hybrid | Medium shrub | |
| | Sierra Apricot™ tecoma | Tecoma hybrid | Medium shrub | |
| | Solar Flare? orange tecoma | Tecoma hybrid | Medium shrub | |
| | Yellow bells | Tecoma stans | Large shrub | |
| Common Name ↑ ↓ | Botanical Name ↑ ↓ | Form ↑ ↓ | Purpose |
