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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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | | Cerocarpus ledifolius var. intricatus | |||
| | Slender Goldshower | Galphimia gracilis | ||
| | slipper plant | Pedilanthus macrocarpus | ||
| | Pozo Blue sage | Salvia hybrid |    | |
| | S. Mohavensis/Dorii/Cleveland | Salvia hybrid "trident" | ||
| | elderberry | Sambucus mexicana |  | |
| | desert senna | Senna covesii | ||
| | Giant sacaton | Sporobolus wrightii | ||
| | Soaptree yucca | Yucca elata |  | |
| | Side-oats grama | Bouteloua curtipendula | Grass |  |
| | Bull grass | Muhlenbergia emersleyi | Grass | |
| | Deer grass | Muhlenbergia rigens | Grass | |
| | Yarrow | Achillea millefolium | Ground cover | |
| | Yerba mansa | Anemopsis californica | Ground cover | |
| | Yellow evening primrose | Calylophus hartwegii | Ground cover | |
| | Purple trailing lantana | Lantana montevidensis | Ground cover | |
| | Prarie sagewort | Artemisia frigida | Groundcover | |
| | Pata de cabra | Bauhinia pringlii | Large bush/small tree | |
| | Quail bush | Atriplex lentiformis | Large shrub | |
| | Mexican bird-of-paradise | Caesalpinia mexicana | Large shrub | |
| | Button bush | Cephalanthus occidentalis | Large shrub | |
| | Little-leaf cordia | Cordia parvifolia | Large shrub | |
| | Silver dalea | Dalea bicolor | Large shrub | |
| | Hopbush | Dodonaea viscosa | Large shrub | |
| | Pineapple Guava | Feijoa sellowiana | Large shrub | |
| | Desert lavender | Hyptis albida (emoryi) | Large shrub | |
| | Creosotebush | Larrea tridentata | Large shrub | |
| | Texas ranger | Leucophyllum frutescens | Large shrub | |
| | Arrowweed | Pluchea sericea | Large shrub | |
| | Palo prieto | Senna polyantha | Large shrub | |
| | Orange bells | Tecoma garocha | Large shrub | |
| | Yellow bells | Tecoma stans | Large shrub | |
| | Tree marigold | Tithonia diversifolia | Large shrub | |
| | viscid acacia | Vachellia vernicosa | Large shrub | |
| | Arizona rosewood | Vauquelinia californica | Large shrub | |
| | Croosvine | Bignonia capreolata | Large vine | |
| | Bee brush | Aloysia gratissima | Medium shrub | |
| | Flame bush | Anisacanthus quadrifidus | Medium shrub | |
| | Desert honeysuckle | Anisacanthus thurberi | Medium shrub | |
| | Butterfly bush | Buddleja marrubiifolia | Medium shrub | |
| | Torote | Bursera filicifolia | Medium shrub | |
| | Red bird-of-paradise | Caesalpinia pulcherrima | Medium shrub | |
| | Palo piojo | Caesalpinia pumila | Medium shrub | |
| | Baja fairy duster | Calliandra californica | Medium shrub | |
| | Sundrop | Calylophus drummondianus | Medium shrub | |
| | Fragrant mist flower | Chromolaena odorata | Medium shrub | |
| | Boneset | Chromolaena sagittata | Medium shrub | |
| | Brittlebush | Encelia farinosa | Medium shrub | |
| | Rabbit brush | Ericameria nauseosus | Medium shrub | |
| | Zipehui | Euphorbia californica | Medium shrub | |
| | Apache plume | Falugia paradoxa | Medium shrub | |
| | Wright silktassel | Garrya wrightii | Medium shrub | |
| | Wild cotton | Gossypium davidsonii | Medium shrub | |
| | Wild cotton | Gossypium thurberi | Medium shrub | |
| | Wild Cotton | Gossypium turneri | Medium shrub | |
| | Texas firecracker bush | Hamelia patens | Medium shrub | |
| | Maximilian sunflower | Helianthus maximiliani | Medium shrub | |
| | Yellow chuparosa | Justicia californica | Medium shrub | |
| | Confiturilla grande | Lagascea decipiens | Medium shrub | |
| | Anderson Wolfberry | Lycium andersonii | Medium shrub | |
| | Red Turk's cap | Malvaviscus arborea | Medium shrub | |
| | Cliffrose | Purshia stansburyana | Medium shrub | |
| | Desert ruellia | Ruellia peninsularis | Medium shrub | |
| | White sage | Salvia apiana | Medium shrub | |
| | Chaparral sage | Salvia clevelandii | Medium shrub | |
| | Salvia 'Pozo Blue' | Salvia leucophylla × S. clevelandii | Medium shrub | |
| | Sonoran nightshade | Solanum hindsianum | Medium shrub | |
| | Ojo de liebre | Solanum houstonii | Medium shrub | |
| | Fendler globe mallow | Sphaeralcea fendleri | Medium shrub | |
| | Skeleton-leaf goldeneye | Viguieria stenoloba | Medium shrub | |
| | 'Sosa Carrillo' heritage fig | Ficus carica | Medium tree | |
| | Pintapán cimarrón | Abutilon mollicomum | Perennial | |
| | Sage | Artemisia ludoviciana | Perennial | |
| | Desert marigold | Baileya multiradiata | Perennial | |
| | Chocolate flower | Berlandiera lyrata | Perennial | |
| | Mist flower | Conoclinium (Eupatorium) dissectum | Perennial | |
| | Arizona foldwing | Dicliptera resupinata | Perennial | |
| | Desert fuschia | Epilobium (Zauschneria) canum | Perennial | |
| | 'Arizona Sun' blanket flower | Gaillardia species | Perennial | |
| | Siskiyou pink | Gaura lindheimeri | Perennial | |
| | Goodding verbena | Glandularia gooddingii | Perennial | |
| | Papalotillo | Guardiola platyphylla | Perennial | |
| | Sonoran spider lily | Hymenocallis sonorae | Perennial | |
| | Sonoran honeysuckle | Justicia sonorae | Perennial | |
| | Tufted evening primrose | Oenothera caespitosa | Perennial | |
| | Mexican Evening Primrose | Oenothera speciosa | Perennial | |
| | Firecracker penstemon | Penstemon eatoni | Perennial | |
| | Parry penstemon | Penstemon parryi | Perennial | |
| | Canyon penstemon | Penstemon pseudospectabilis | Perennial | |
| | Superb penstemon | Penstemon superbus | Perennial | |
| | Prairie coneflower | Ratibida columnifera | Perennial | |
| | Longneck ruel | Ruellia nudiflora | Perennial | |
| | Galaena red sage | Salvia darcyi | Perennial | |
| | Starrfire red skullcap | Scutellaria hybrid | Perennial | |
| | Pink skullcap | Scutellaria suffrutescens | Perennial | |
| | Day-of-the-dead flower | Symphiotrichum lanceolatum | Perennial | |
| | Golden fleece | Thymophylla pentachaeta | Perennial | |
| | False indigo bush | Amorpha fruticosa | Shrub | |
| | Palmer Indian mallow | Abutilon palmeri | Small shrub | |
| | Sonoran giant hyssop | Agastache wrightii | Small shrub | |
| | Sonoran bursage | Ambrosia cordifolia | Small shrub | |
| | Triangleleaf bursage | Ambrosia deltoidea | Small shrub | |
| | Narrow-leaf milkweed | Asclepias angustifolia | Small shrub | |
| | Pine-leaf milkweed | Asclepias linaria | Small shrub | |
| | Desert milkweed | Asclepias subulata | Small shrub | |
| | Firecracker bush | Bouvardia turnifolia | Small shrub | |
| | Fairy duster | Calliandra eriophylla | Small shrub | |
| | Chiltepin | Capsicum annuum (wild type) | Small shrub | |
| | Mexican orange | Choisya dumosa var arizonica | Small shrub | |
| | Damianita | Chrysactinia mexicana | Small shrub | |
| | Uruquenia | Croton ciliato-glandulifer | Small shrub | |
| | Bat faced cuphea | Cuphea lavea | Small shrub | |
| | Trailing yellow dalea | Dalea capitata | Small shrub | |
| | Aguirre™ turpentine bush | Ericameria laricifolia | Small shrub | |
| | Flattop buckwheat | Eriogonum fasciculatum | Small shrub | |
| | Airy bachelor's buttons | Gomphrena decumbens | Small shrub | |
| | Red jacobinia | Justicia candicans | Small shrub | |
| | Mexican Honeysuckle | Justicia spicigera | Small shrub | |
| | Winter-fat | krascheninnikovia lanata | Small shrub | |
| | Cardinal flower | Lobelia cardinalis | Small shrub | |
| | Sierra madre lobelia | Lobelia laxiflora | Small shrub | |
| | Mangle Dulce | Maytenus phyllanthoides | Small shrub | |
| | Blackfoot daisy | Melampodium leucanthum | Small shrub | |
| | Pyramid bush | Melochia tomentosa | Small shrub | |
| | Mariola | Parthenium incanum | Small shrub | |
| | Summer Snow™ plumbago | Plumbago zeylandica | Small shrub | |
| | Lavender spice | Poliomintha maderensis | Small shrub | |
| | Germander sage | Salvia chamaedrioides | Small shrub | |
| | Red autumn sage | Salvia greggii | Small shrub | |
| | Lemmon sage | Salvia lemmonii | Small shrub | |
| | Mexican bush sage | Salvia leucantha | Small shrub | |
| | Grape-scented sage | Salvia melissodora | Small shrub | |
| | Desert globe mallow | Sphaeralcea ambigua | Small shrub | |
| | Caliche globe mallow | Sphaeralcea laxa | Small shrub | |
| | Mountain marigold | Tagetes lemmonii | Small shrub | |
| | Mexican tarragon | Tagetes lucida | Small shrub | |
| | Angelita daisy | Tetraneuris (Hymenoxys) acaulis | Small shrub | |
| | Felger crownbeard | Verbesina felgeri | Small shrub | |
| | Parish Goldeneye | Viguiera deltoidea var. parishii | Small shrub | |
| | Texas creeping oxeye | zexmenia hispida (wedelia acapulcensis) | Small shrub | |
| | Little Golden Zinnia | Zinnia grandiflora | Small shrub | |
| | 'Goodwin Homestead' heritage quince | Cydonia oblonga | Small tree | |
| | 'Garcia Camp' heritage pomagranate | Punica granatum | Small tree | |
| | San Pedro daisy | Lasianthea podocephala | Subshrub | |
| | Hohokam agave | Agave murpheyi | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Palmer agave | Agave palmeri | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Parry agave | Agave parryi var. parryi | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Agave sp. | Agave sp. | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Jumping cholla | Cylindropuntia fulgida var. mamillata | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Toothless sotol | Dasylirion longissimum | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Desert spoon | Dasylirion wheeleri | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Wax spurge | Euphorbia antisyphilitica | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | White spurge | Euphorbia xanti | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Rock fig | Ficus petiolaris var palmeri | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Ocotillo | Fouquieria splendens | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Giant Hesperaloe | Hesperaloe funifera | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Pink Parade® | Hesperaloe hybrid | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Night-blooming hesperaloe | Hesperaloe nocturna | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Beargrass | Nolina microcarpa | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Banana Yucca | Yucca baccata baccata | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Smoke tree | Psorothamnus spinosus | Tree | |
| | ' Sosa Carillo' heritage pomegranate | Punica granatum Sosa Carrillo | Tree | |
| | Yellow orchid vine | Callaeum macropterum | Vine | |
| | Cat claw vine | Dolichandra unguis-cati | Vine | |
| | Pams pink honeysuckle | Lonicera "pams pink" | Vine | |
| | Virginia creeper | Parthenocissus inserta | Vine | |
| | Passion fruit | Passiflora arida | Vine | |
| | 'Incense' passion vine | Passiflora incarnata× P. cincinnata | Vine | |
| | White-veined Dutchman's pipe | Aristolochia fimbriata | Vining groundcover | |
| | Southwestern pipevine | Aristolochia watsonii | Vining groundcover | |
| Common Name ↑ ↓ | Botanical Name ↑ ↓ | Form ↑ ↓ | Purpose |
