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