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