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