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