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