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.
Common Name ↑ ↓ | Botanical Name ↑ ↓ | Form ↑ ↓ | Purpose | ||
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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 | |||
Texas mountain laurel | Sophora secundiflora | Large shrub | |||
Graythorn | Ziziphus obtusifolia | Large shrub | |||
Santa Rita acacia | Mariosousa millefolia | Large shrub | |||
Yellow bells | Tecoma stans | Large shrub | |||
Little-leaf cordia | Cordia parvifolia | Large shrub | |||
Silver dalea "Monterey" | Dalea bicolor | Large shrub | |||
Hopbush | Dodonea viscosa | Large shrub | |||
Arrowweed | Pluchea sericea | 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 | |||
Croosvine | Bignonia capreolata | Large vine | |||
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 | |||
Palo piojo | Caesalpinia pumila | Medium shrub | |||
Confiturilla grande | Lagaceae decipiens | Medium shrub | |||
Lemon verbena | Aloysia wrightii | Medium shrub | |||
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 | |||
Boneset | Chromolaena saggitata | Medium shrub | |||
Rio Grande butterfly bush | Buddleja sessiliflora | Medium shrub | |||
Feather tree | Lysiloma watsonii | Medium tree | |||
Burgundy desert willow | Chilopsis linearis | Medium tree | |||
'Sosa Carrillo' heritage fig | Ficus carica | Medium tree | |||
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 | |||
Siskiyou pink | Gaura lindheimeri | Perennial | |||
Sonoran spider lily | Hymenocallis sonorensis | Perennial | |||
Scented penstemon | Penstemon palmeri | 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 | |||
Goodding verbena | Glandularia goodingii | Perennial | |||
Day-of-the-dead flower | Symphyotrichum lanceolatum | Perennial | |||
Floss flower | Ageratum corymbosum | Perennial | |||
False indigo bush | Amorpha fruticosa | 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 | |||
Sonoran bursage | Ambrosia cordifolia | Small shrub | |||
Mountain marigold | Tagetes lemmonii | Small shrub | |||
Blue sage | Salvia azurea | Small shrub | |||
Chiltepin (wild type) | Capsicum annum | Small shrub | |||
Mangle Dulce | Maytenus phillanthoides | Small shrub | |||
Pine-leaf milkweed | Asclepias linearis | Small shrub | |||
Damianita | Chrysactina mexicana | Small shrub | |||
Aguirre™ turpentine bush | Ericameria laricifolia | Small shrub | |||
Lavender spice | Poliomintha madrensis | Small shrub | |||
Mexican bush sage | Salvia leucantha | Small shrub | |||
Desert globe mallow | Sphaeralcea ambigua | Small shrub | |||
Narrow-leaf milkweed | Asclepias angustifolia | Small shrub | |||
Felger crownbeard | Verbesina felgeri | Small shrub | |||
Red jacobinia | Justicia candicans | Small shrub | |||
Texas creeping oxeye | Zexmenia hispida | Small shrub | |||
Scarlet red Salvia | Salvia microphylla | 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 | |||
'Goodwin Homestead' heritage quince | Cydonia oblonga | Small tree | |||
'Garcia Camp' heritage pomagranate | Punica granatum | Small tree | |||
Toothless sotol | Dasylirion longissimum | Succulent/semisucculent | |||
Coville barrel cactus | Ferocactus emoryi | Succulent/semisucculent | |||
White spurge | Euphorbia xantii | Succulent/semisucculent | |||
Hohokam agave | Agave murpheyi | Succulent/semisucculent | |||
Glory of Texas | Thelocactus bicolor | Succulent/semisucculent | |||
Desert spoon | Dasylirion wheeleri | Succulent/semisucculent | |||
Fire barrel | Ferocactus gracilis | Succulent/semisucculent | |||
Red hesperaloe | Hesperaloe parviflora | Succulent/semisucculent | |||
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 | |||
Wax spurge | Euphorbia antisyphilitica | Succulent/semisucculent | |||
Totempole cactus | Lophocerus schottii f. monstrosa | Succulent/semisucculent | |||
Hummingbird nopal | Nopalea karwinskiana | Succulent/semisucculent | |||
Banana Yucca | Yucca baccata | Succulent/semisucculent | |||
Desert ironwood tree | Olneya tesota | Tree | |||
Texas olive | Cordia boisieri | Tree | |||
Desert Museum palo verde | Parkinsonia 'Desert Museum' | Tree | |||
Velvet mesquite | Prosopis velutina | Tree | |||
Yellow morning glory vine | Merremia aurea | Vine | |||
Scarlet Flame Passion Vine | Passiflora × "Scarlet Flame" | Vine | |||
Passion fruit | Passiflora arida | Vine | |||
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 | |||
Common Name ↑ ↓ | Botanical Name ↑ ↓ | Form ↑ ↓ | Purpose |