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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![]() | ![]() | Palmer agave | Agave palmeri | Succulent/semisucculent | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Parry agave | Agave parryi var. parryi | Succulent/semisucculent | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Desert honeysuckle | Anisacanthus thurberi | Medium shrub | ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Mexican bird-of-paradise | Caesalpinia mexicana | Large shrub | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Red bird-of-paradise | Caesalpinia pulcherrima | Medium shrub | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Baja fairy duster | Calliandra californica | Medium shrub | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Fairy duster | Calliandra eriophylla | Small shrub | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Sundrop | Calylophus drummondianus | Medium shrub | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Arizona foldwing | Dicliptera resupinata | Perennial | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | White spurge | Euphorbia xanti | Succulent/semisucculent | ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Pink Parade® | Hesperaloe hybrid | Succulent/semisucculent | ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Night-blooming hesperaloe | Hesperaloe nocturna | Succulent/semisucculent | ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Desert lavender | Hyptis albida (emoryi) | Large shrub | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Anderson Wolfberry | Lycium andersonii | Medium shrub | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Red Turk's cap | Malvaviscus arborea | Medium shrub | ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Parry penstemon | Penstemon parryi | Perennial | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Canyon penstemon | Penstemon pseudospectabilis | Perennial | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Superb penstemon | Penstemon superbus | Perennial | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Lavender spice | Poliomintha maderensis | Small shrub | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | ' Sosa Carillo' heritage pomegranate | Punica granatum Sosa Carrillo | Tree | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Longneck ruel | Ruellia nudiflora | Perennial | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Desert ruellia | Ruellia peninsularis | Medium shrub | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | White sage | Salvia apiana | Medium shrub | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Chaparral sage | Salvia clevelandii | Medium shrub | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Galaena red sage | Salvia darcyi | Perennial | ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Red autumn sage | Salvia greggii | Small shrub | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Pozo Blue sage | Salvia hybrid | ![]() ![]() ![]() | |
![]() | ![]() | Mexican bush sage | Salvia leucantha | Small shrub | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Salvia 'Pozo Blue' | Salvia leucophylla × S. clevelandii | Medium shrub | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Grape-scented sage | Salvia melissodora | Small shrub | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Orange bells | Tecoma garocha | Large shrub | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Yellow bells | Tecoma stans | Large shrub | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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