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