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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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | 'Garcia Camp' heritage pomagranate | Punica granatum | Small tree |    |
| | 'Goodwin Homestead' heritage quince | Cydonia oblonga | Small tree |  |
| | 'Sosa Carrillo' heritage fig | Ficus carica | Medium tree | |
| | Aguirre™ turpentine bush | Ericameria laricifolia | Small shrub | |
| | Angelita daisy (Hymenoxys) | Tetraneuris acaulis | Small shrub | |
| | Apache plume | Fallugia paradoxa | Medium shrub | |
| | Arizona grape ivy | Cissus trifoliata | Vine | |
| | Arrowweed | Pluchea sericea | Large shrub | |
| | Banana Yucca | Yucca baccata | Succulent/semisucculent |  |
| | Bat faced cuphea | Cuphea llavea | Small shrub |  |
| | Bee brush | Aloysia gratissima | Medium shrub | |
| | Blackfoot daisy | Melampodium leucanthum | Small shrub | |
| | Blue sage | Salvia azurea | Small shrub | |
| | Boneset | Chromolaena saggitata | Medium shrub | |
| | Brittlebush | Encelia farinosa | Medium shrub | |
| | Burgundy desert willow | Chilopsis linearis | Medium tree | |
| | Butterfly milkweed | Asclepias tuberosa | Perennial | |
| | Cardon | Pachycereus pringlii | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Chapacolor | Stegnosperma halimifolium | Medium shrub | |
| | Chiltepin (wild type) | Capsicum annum | Small shrub | |
| | Chocolate flower | Berlandiera lyrata | Perennial | |
| | Coffee senna | Senna occidentalis | Small shrub | |
| | Confiturilla grande | Lagaceae decipiens | Medium shrub | |
| | Coville barrel cactus | Ferocactus emoryi | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Creosotebush | Larrea tridentata | Large shrub | |
| | Croosvine | Bignonia capreolata | Large vine | |
| | Damianita | Chrysactina mexicana | Small shrub | |
| | Day-of-the-dead flower | Symphyotrichum lanceolatum | Perennial | |
| | Deer grass | Muhlenbergia rigens | Grass | |
| | Desert fuschia (Zauschneria) | Epilobium canum | Perennial | |
| | Desert globe mallow | Sphaeralcea ambigua | Small shrub | |
| | Desert honeysuckle | Anisacanthus thurberi | Medium shrub | |
| | Desert ironwood tree | Olneya tesota | Tree | |
| | Desert lavender (emoryi) | Hyptis albida | Large shrub | |
| | Desert marigold | Baileya multiradiata | Perennial | |
| | Desert Museum palo verde | Parkinsonia 'Desert Museum' | Tree | |
| | Desert ruellia | Ruellia peninsularis | Medium shrub | |
| | Desert spoon | Dasylirion wheeleri | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Fairy duster | Calliandra eriophylla | Small shrub | |
| | False indigo bush | Amorpha fruticosa | Shrub | |
| | Feather tree | Lysiloma watsonii | Medium tree | |
| | Felger crownbeard | Verbesina felgeri | Small shrub | |
| | Fire barrel | Ferocactus gracilis | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Firecracker penstemon | Penstemon eatonii | Perennial | |
| | Fishhook barrel "yellow flower" | Ferocactus wislezenii | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Flame bush | Anisacanthus quadrifidus | Medium shrub | |
| | Floss flower | Ageratum corymbosum | Perennial | |
| | Fragrant mist flower | Chromolaena odorata | Medium shrub | |
| | Glory of Texas | Thelocactus bicolor | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Golden barrel | Echinocactus grusonii | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Golden fleece | Thymophylla pentachaeta | Perennial | |
| | Goodding verbena | Glandularia goodingii | Perennial | |
| | Graythorn | Ziziphus obtusifolia | Large shrub | |
| | Hohokam agave | Agave murpheyi | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Hopbush | Dodonea viscosa | Large shrub | |
| | Hummingbird nopal | Nopalea karwinskiana | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Lavender spice | Poliomintha madrensis | Small shrub | |
| | Lemon verbena | Aloysia wrightii | Medium shrub | |
| | Limita | Anisacanthus andersonii | ||
| | Little-leaf cordia | Cordia parvifolia | Large shrub | |
 | | Mangle Dulce | Maytenus phillanthoides | Small shrub | |
| | Mariola | Parthenium incanum | Small shrub | |
| | Mexican bush sage | Salvia leucantha | Small shrub | |
| | Mexican Evening Primrose | Oenothera speciosa | Perennial | |
| | Mexican Honeysuckle | Justicia spicigera | Small shrub | |
| | Mist flower | Conoclinium greggii | Perennial | |
| | Mountain marigold | Tagetes lemmonii | Small shrub | |
| | Nacapule jasmine | Vallesia laciniata | Large shrub | |
| | Narrow-leaf milkweed | Asclepias angustifolia | Small shrub | |
| | Ojo de liebre | Solanum houstonii | Medium shrub | |
| | Palmer Indian mallow | Abutilon palmeri | Small shrub | |
| | Palo piojo | Caesalpinia pumila | Medium shrub | |
| | Parry agave | Agave parryi | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Parry penstemon | Penstemon parryi | Perennial | |
| | Passion fruit | Passiflora arida | Vine | |
| | Pine-leaf milkweed | Asclepias linearis | Small shrub | |
| | Purple trailing lantana | Lantana montevidensis | Ground cover | |
| | Pyramid bush | Melochia tomentosa | Small shrub | |
| | Quail bush | Atriplex lentiformis | Large shrub | |
| | Red autumn sage | Salvia greggii | Small shrub | |
| | Red hesperaloe | Hesperaloe parviflora | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Red jacobinia | Justicia candicans | Small shrub | |
| | Red queen's wreath | Antigonon leptopus | Vine | |
| | Red snapdragon vine | Maurandya antirrhyniflora | Vine | |
| | Rio Grande butterfly bush | Buddleja sessiliflora | Medium shrub | |
| | San Marcos hibiscus | Gossypium harsnekii | Medium shrub | |
| | Santa Rita acacia | Mariosousa millefolia | Large shrub | |
| | Scarlet Flame Passion Vine | Passiflora × "Scarlet Flame" | Vine | |
| | Scarlet red Salvia | Salvia microphylla | Small shrub | |
| | Scented penstemon | Penstemon palmeri | Perennial | |
| | Seep willow | Baccharis salicifolia | Large shrub | |
| | Silver dalea "Monterey" | Dalea bicolor | Large shrub | |
| | Siskiyou pink | Gaura lindheimeri | Perennial | |
| | Slender Goldshower | Galphimia gracilis | ||
| | Soaptree yucca | Yucca elata | | |
| | Sonoran bursage | Ambrosia cordifolia | Small shrub | |
| | Sonoran nightshade | Solanum hindsianum | Medium shrub | |
| | Sonoran spider lily | Hymenocallis sonorensis | Perennial | |
| | Summer Snow™ plumbago | Plumbago zeylanica | Small shrub | |
| | Superb penstemon | Penstemon superbus | Perennial | |
| | Texas betony | Stachys coccinea | Perennial | |
| | Texas creeping oxeye | Zexmenia hispida | Small shrub | |
| | Texas firecracker bush | Hamelia patens | Medium shrub | |
| | Texas mountain laurel | Sophora secundiflora | Large shrub | |
| | Texas olive | Cordia boisieri | Tree | |
| | Toothless sotol | Dasylirion longissimum | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Torch cactus hybrids | Trichocereus sp. | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Totempole cactus | Lophocerus schottii f. monstrosa | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Velvet mesquite | Prosopis velutina | Tree | |
| | Wax spurge | Euphorbia antisyphilitica | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | White Cloud Muhly Grass | Muhlenbergia capillaris | Grass | |
| | White spurge | Euphorbia xantii | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Wild Cotton | Gossypium turneri | Medium shrub | |
| | Wild cotton | Gossypium davidsonii | Medium shrub | |
| | Wild cotton | Gossypium thurberi | Medium shrub | |
| | Yellow bells | Tecoma stans | Large shrub | |
| | Yellow chuparosa | Justicia californica | Medium shrub | |
| | Yellow morning glory vine | Merremia aurea | Vine | |
| | Yellow orchid vine | Callaeum macropterum | Vine | |
| Common Name ↑ ↓ | Botanical Name ↑ ↓ | Form ↑ ↓ | Purpose |
