Plant Care Sheets - Skip Links
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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![]() | ![]() | 'Five Points' heritage pomegranate | Punica granatum 'Five Points' | Large shrub/small tree | ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | 'Goodwin Homestead' heritage quince | Cydonia oblonga | Small tree | ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | 'Incense' passion vine | Passiflora incarnata× P. cincinnata | Vine | ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | 'Lavender Lady' | Passiflora × | Vine | ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | 'Magdelena' heritage loquat | Eriobotrya japonica | Small tree | ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | 'Mission San Antonio de Padua' heritage fig | Ficus carica | Medium tree | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | 'Mission San Antonio de Padua' heritage mint | Mentha sp. | Perennial | ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | 'Mission San Antonio de Padua' heritage pomegranate | Punica granatum 'Mission San Antonio de Padua' | Large shrub/small tree | ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | 'Mission San Borja' heritage grape | Vitis sp. | Vine | ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | 'Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa' heritage pomegranate | Punica granatum 'Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa' | Large shrub/small tree | ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | 'Quitobaquito Springs' heritage fig | Ficus carica | Medium tree | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | 'Quitobaquito Springs' yerba mansa | Anemopsis californica | Ground cover | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | 'Red Cow' agave | Agave colorata x bovicornuta | Succulent/semisucculent | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | 'Sosa Carrillo' heritage fig | Ficus carica | Medium tree | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Agave cactus | Leuchtenbergia principis | Succulent/semisucculent | ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Aguirre™ turpentine bush | Ericameria laricifolia | Medium shrub | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Alamos air plant | Tillandsia elizabethae | Perennial | ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Angelita daisy | Tetraneuris (Hymenoxys) acaulis | Small shrub | ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Antelope bush | Purshia (Cowania) plicata | Medium shrub | ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Antelope horn milkweed | Asclepias asperula | Perennial | ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Apache plume | Falugia paradoxa | Medium shrub | ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Argentine saguaro | Trichocereus terscheckii | Succulent/semisucculent | ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Arizona agave | Agave arizonica | Succulent/semisucculent | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Arizona foldwing | Dicliptera resupinata | Perennial | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Arizona grape ivy | Cissus trifoliata | Vine | ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Arrowweed | Pluchea serricea | Large shrub | ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Baja bursage | Ambrosia bryantii | Small shrub | |
![]() | ![]() | Baja fairy duster | Calliandra californica | Medium shrub | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Bamboo muhly | Muhlenbergia dumosa | Grass | ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Bee brush | Aloysia gratissima | Medium shrub | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Bishop's cap | Astrophytum myriostigma | Succulent/semisucculent | ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Biznagita | Mammillaria setispina | Succulent/semisucculent | ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Biznagita | Mammillaria schiediana | Succulent/semisucculent | ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Black dalea | Dalea frutescens | Small shrub | ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Blackfoot daisy | Melampodium leucanthum | Small shrub | ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Blind prickly pear | Opuntia rufida | Succulent/semisucculent | ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Bloodflower milkweed | Asclepias curassavica - red | Small shrub | ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Blue flax | Linum lewisii | Perennial | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Boneset | Chromolaena sagittata | Medium shrub | ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Boojum | Fouquieria columnaris | Succulent/semisucculent | ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Brake Lights® crimson yucca | Hesperaloe hybrid | Succulent/semisucculent | ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Brittlebush | Encelia farinosa | Medium shrub | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Broadleaf milkweed | Asclepias latifolia | Perennial | ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Bush muhly | Muhlenbergia porteri | Grass | ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Butterfly bush | Buddleja marrubiifolia | Medium shrub | ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Butterfly milkweed | Asclepias tuberosa | Perennial | ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Button bush | Cephalanthus occidentalis | Large shrub | ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Caliche globe mallow | Sphaeralcea laxa | Small shrub | ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Calico flower | Aristolochia littoralis | Vine | ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Candelabra cactus | Myrtillocactus geometrizans | Succulent/semisucculent | ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Candle cactus | Cleistocactus candelaria | Succulent/semisucculent | ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Cane cholla | Cylindropuntia spinosior | Succulent/semisucculent | ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Canyon penstemon | Penstemon pseudospectabilis | Perennial | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Cardon | Pachycereus pringlei | Succulent/semisucculent | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Carl Nielson sage | Salvia clevelandii × S. mojavensis | Medium shrub | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Carlowrightia | Carlowrightia arizonica | Small shrub | ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Carrion flower | Hoodiopsis sp. | Succulent/semisucculent | |
![]() | ![]() | Casa de rata | Echinocereus brandegeei | Succulent/semisucculent | ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Catclaw acacia | Senegalia greggii | Large shrub | ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Chapacolor | Stegnosperma halimifolium | Medium shrub | ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Chaparral sage | Salvia clevelandii | Medium shrub | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Chiltepin | Capsicum annuum (wild type) | Medium shrub | ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Chin cactus | Gymnocalycium baldianum | Succulent/semisucculent | ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Chin cactus | Gymnocalycium horstii | Succulent/semisucculent | ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Chocolate flower | Berlandiera lyrata | Perennial | ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Chuparosa | Justicia californica | Medium shrub | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Clavellina | Cylindropuntia molesta | Succulent/semisucculent | ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Club cholla | Grusonia emoryi | Succulent/semisucculent | ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Clustervine | Jacquemontia pringlei | Vine | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Coastal cholla | Cylindropuntia prolifera | Succulent/semisucculent | ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Cochal | Myrtillocactus cochal | Succulent/semisucculent | ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Confiturilla grande | Lagascea decipiens | Medium shrub | ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Copper globe mallow | Sphaeralcea angustifolia | Small shrub | ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Coral bean | Erythrina ×bidwelii | Medium shrub | ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Coral fountain | Russelia equisetiformis | Small shrub | ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Cow's horn orchid | Cyrtopodium punctatum | Perennial | |
![]() | ![]() | Creosotebush | Larrea tridentata | Large shrub | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Crested candelabra cactus | Myrtillocactus geometrizans crest | Succulent/semisucculent | ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Crimson Flare® tecoma | Tecoma × Crimson Flare® | Large shrub | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Crimson sage | Salvia henryi | Perennial | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Curly mesquite | Hilaria belangeri | Grass | ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Dahlia-rooted cereus | Peniocereus striatus | Succulent/semisucculent | ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Damianita | Chrysactinia mexicana | Small shrub | ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Day-of-the-dead flower | Symphiotrichum lanceolatum | Perennial | ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Desert Flamenco® | Hesperaloe parviflora | Succulent/semisucculent | ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Desert fuschia | Epilobium (Zauschneria) canum | Perennial | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Desert lavender | Hyptis (albida) emoryi | Large shrub | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Desert mallow | Sphaeralcea ambigua | Small shrub | ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Desert marigold | Baileya multiradiata | Perennial | ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Desert milkweed | Asclepias subulata | Small shrub | ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Desert Mountain™ turpentine bush | Ericameria laricifolia | Medium shrub | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Desert rock pea | Acmispon (Lotus) rigidus | Small shrub | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Desert rose mallow | Hibiscus coulteri | Small shrub | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Desert rose mallow | Hibiscus biseptus | Perennial | ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Desert ruellia | Ruellia peninsularis | Medium shrub | ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Devil's club cholla | Grusonia invicta | Succulent/semisucculent | ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Devil's shoestring | Nolina texana | Succulent/semisucculent | ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Diamond cholla | Cylindropuntia ramosissima | Succulent/semisucculent | ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Durango prickly pear | Opuntia durangensis | Succulent/semisucculent | ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Dwarf beavertail prickly pear | Opuntia basilaris (dwarf form) | Succulent/semisucculent | ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Dwarf organpipe cactus | Stenocereus thurberi var. littoralis | Succulent/semisucculent | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Edible passion fruit | Passiflora edulis | Vine | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Elephant tree | Bursera microphylla | Medium shrub | ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Fairy duster | Calliandra eriophylla | Small shrub | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | False grama | Cathestecum brevifolium | Grass | ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Felger crownbeard | Verbesina felgeri | Small shrub | ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Firecracker penstemon | Penstemon eatoni | Perennial | ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Fishhook barrel | Ferocactus wislizeni | Succulent/semisucculent | ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Flame bush | Anisacanthus quadrifidus | Medium shrub | ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Flattop buckwheat | Eriogonum fasciculatum | Small shrub | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Floss flower | Ageratum corymbosum | Small shrub | ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Foothill palo verde | Parkinsonia microphylla | Tree | ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Frog fruit | Phyla nodiflora | Ground cover | ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Germander sage | Salvia chamaedrioides | Small shrub | ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Giant milkweed | Asclepias albicans | Medium shrub | ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Glory of Texas | Thelocactus bicolor | Succulent/semisucculent | ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Gold lantana | Lantana camara hybrid | Small shrub | ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Golden bloodflower milkweed | Asclepias curassavica - yellow | Small shrub | ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Golden fishhook barrel | Ferocactus wislizeni fa. flavispina | Succulent/semisucculent | ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Golden fleece | Thymophylla pentachaeta | Perennial | ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Golden prickly pear | Opuntia aurea | Succulent/semisucculent | ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Goodding verbena | Glandularia (Verbena) gooddingii | Perennial | ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Green-flowered bromel | Deuterocchonia brevifolia | Succulent/semisucculent | |
![]() | ![]() | Grizzlybear prickly pear | Opuntia erinacea | Succulent/semisucculent | ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Guayacán | Guaiacum coulteri | Large shrub | ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Heartleaf hibiscus | Hibiscus (cardiophyllus) martianus | Succulent/semisucculent | |
![]() | ![]() | Hill country penstemon | Penstemon triflorus | Perennial | ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Hohokam agave | Agave murpheyi | Succulent/semisucculent | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Hollyleaf bursage | Ambrosia lilicifolia | Small shrub | |
![]() | ![]() | Hooker evening primrose | Oenothera elata ssp. hookeri | Biennial | |
![]() | ![]() | Hopbush | Dodonaea viscosa | Large shrub | |
![]() | ![]() | Hummingbird nopal | Nopalaea karwinskiana | Succulent/semisucculent | ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Hummingbird pincushion cactus | Mammillaria poselgeri | Succulent/semisucculent | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Hybrid prickly pear | Opuntia basilaris × O. santa-rita | Succulent/semisucculent | ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Indian fig cactus | Opuntia ficus-indica | Succulent/semisucculent | ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Island renegade | Henrya insularis | Small shrub | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Jojoba | Simmondsia chinensis | Large shrub | |
![]() | ![]() | Ladyfinger cactus | Mammillaria elongata | Succulent/semisucculent | ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Lavender spice | Poliomintha maderensis | Small shrub | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Lemmon sage | Salvia lemmonii | Small shrub | ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Lemon ball cactus | Parodia mammulosa | Succulent/semisucculent | ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Lemon verbena | Aloysia wrightii | Medium shrub | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Long-spine prickly pear | Opuntia macrocentra | Succulent/semisucculent | ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Longneck Ruel | Ruellia nudiflora | Perennial | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Mariola | Parthenium incanum | Small shrub | ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Maximilian sunflower | Helianthus maximiliani | Medium shrub | ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Mexican bottle tree | Fouquieria purpusii | Succulent/semisucculent | ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Mexican bush sage | Salvia leucantha | Small shrub | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Mexican bush sunflower | Tithonia fruticosa | Large shrub | ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Mexican Honeysuckle | Justicia spicigera | Small shrub | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Mexican night-blooming cereus | Peniocereus serpentinus | Succulent/semisucculent | ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Mexican sunflower hybrid | Tithonia x Lagascea | Medium shrub | ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Mexican tarragon | Tagetes lucida | Small shrub | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Mexican tree ocotillo | Fouquieria macdougalii | Succulent/semisucculent | ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Mezcal pelón | Agave pelona | Succulent/semisucculent | ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Mezcalito | Hechtia montana | Succulent/semisucculent | |
![]() | ![]() | Minature prickly pear | Tacinga inamoena | Succulent/semisucculent | ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Miniature barrel cactus | Ferocactus setispinus | Succulent/semisucculent | ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Mist flower | Conoclinium (Eupatorium) greggii | Perennial | ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Moon cactus | Harrisia pomanensis | Succulent/semisucculent | ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Morrocan spurge | Euphorbia resinifera | Succulent/semisucculent | |
![]() | ![]() | Mountain marigold | Tagetes lemmonii | Small shrub | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Mountain yucca | Yucca (schottii) madrensis | Succulent/semisucculent | ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Nacapule jasmine | Vallesia laciniata | Large shrub | ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Narrow-leaf milkweed | Asclepias angustifolia | Small shrub | ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | New Mexico privet | Forestiera neomexicana | Large shrub | ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Night-blooming cereus | Peniocereus greggii | Succulent/semisucculent | |
![]() | ![]() | Night-blooming hesperaloe | Hesperaloe nocturna | Succulent/semisucculent | ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Nopal | Opuntia wilcoxii | Succulent/semisucculent | ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Ocotillo | Fouquieria splendens | Succulent/semisucculent | ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Octopus agave | Agave vilmoriniana | Succulent/semisucculent | ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Old Mexico prickly pear | Opuntia gomei 'Old Mexico' | Succulent/semisucculent | ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Orange Jubilee | Tecoma × | Large shrub | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Orange lantana | Lantana camara hybrid | Small shrub | ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Organpipe cactus | Stenocereus thurberi | Succulent/semisucculent | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Palmer Indian mallow | Abutilon palmeri | Small shrub | ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Palo santo | Fouquieria formosa | Succulent/semisucculent | ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Parry penstemon | Penstemon parryi | Perennial | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Passion flower | Passiflora mexicana | Vine | ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Passion fruit | Passiflora arida | Vine | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Pawnee Buttes sand cherry | Prunus besseyi Pawnee Buttes® | ![]() | |
![]() | ![]() | Pea flower | Dalea pulchra | Medium shrub | ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Pincushion cactus | Mammillaria senilis | Succulent/semisucculent | ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Pincushion cactus | Mammillaria lenta | Succulent/semisucculent | ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Pine-leaf milkweed | Asclepias linaria | Small shrub | ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Pink gaura | Gaura lindheimeri - rose | Perennial | ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Pink Parade® | Hesperaloe × Pink Parade® | Succulent/semisucculent | ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Pipevine | Aristolochia quercitorum | Vine | ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Prairie coneflower | Ratibida columnifera | Perennial | ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Prickly pear spurge | Euphorbia opuntioides | Succulent/semisucculent | |
![]() | ![]() | Prostrate germander | Teucrium chamaerys 'Prostratum' | Ground cover | ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Purple autumn sage | Salvia greggii | Small shrub | ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Purple justicia | Justicia masiaca | Perennial | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Purple lilac vine | Hardenbergia violacea | Vine | ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Pyramid bush | Melochia tomentosa | Small shrub | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Quail bush | Atriplex lentiformis | Large shrub | |
![]() | ![]() | Queen Victoria agave | Agave victoria-reginae | Succulent/semisucculent | ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Red autumn sage | Salvia greggii | Small shrub | ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Red firecracker plant | Russelia × St. Elmo's FireTM | Medium shrub | ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Red lantana | Lantana camara hybrid | Small shrub | ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Red queen's wreath | Antigonon leptopus -red | Vine | ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Rio Grande butterfly bush | Buddleja sessiliflora | Medium shrub | ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Rock fig | Ficus petiolaris | Succulent/semisucculent | |
![]() | ![]() | Rock penstemon | Penstemon baccharifolia | Small shrub | ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Rubber vine | Cryptostegia grandiflora | Vine | ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Rusby's desert mallow | Sphaeralcea rusbyi | Perennial | ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Sage | Artemisia ludoviciana | Perennial | |
![]() | ![]() | Saguaro | Carnegiea gigantea | Succulent/semisucculent | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Salvia 'Pozo Blue' | Salvia leucophylla × S. clevelandii | Medium shrub | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | San Marcos hibiscus | Gossypium harknessii | Medium shrub | ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Sand cholla | Corynopuntia marenae | Succulent/semisucculent | ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Sandpaper verbena | Verbena rigida | Ground cover | ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Scarlet bee blossom | Oenothera suffrutescens (Gaura coccinea) | Perennial | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Seep willow | Baccharis salicifolia | Large shrub | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Select Blue' catmint | Nepeta faassenii | Small shrub | ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Senita | Pachycereus schottii | Succulent/semisucculent | ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Showy milkweed | Asclepias speciosa | Perennial | ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Side-oats grama | Bouteloua curtipendula | Grass | ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Sierra Apricot™ tecoma | Tecoma × Sierra Apricot™ | Large shrub | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Silver dalea | Dalea bicolor | Large shrub | ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Sina volador | Selenicereus vagens | Succulent/semisucculent | |
![]() | ![]() | Skullcap | Scuttelaria potosina | Perennial | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Slender Grama | Bouteloua repens | Grass | ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Slimpod senna | Senna hirsuta var. glaberrima | Small shrub | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Slipper flower | Pedilanthus macrocarpus | Succulent/semisucculent | ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Snake cactus | Morengaya pensilis | Succulent/semisucculent | ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Snapdragon vine | Maurandya antirrhiniflora - red | Vine | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Snapdragon vine | Maurandya antirrhiniflora - purple | Vine | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Solar Flare® Orange tecoma | Tecoma × Solar Flare® | Large shrub | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Sonoran air plant | Tillandsia exserta | Perennial | ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Sonoran bursage | Ambrosia cordifolia | Small shrub | |
![]() | ![]() | Sonoran honeysuckle | Justicia sonorae | Perennial | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Sonoran milkweed vine | Matelea altatensis | Vine | ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Sonoran nightshade | Solanum hindsianum | Large shrub | ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Sonoran nopal | Opuntia puberula | Succulent/semisucculent | ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Sonoran staghorn cholla | Cylindropuntia thurberi | Succulent/semisucculent | ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Southwest coral bean | Erythrina flabelliformis | Medium shrub | ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Southwestern pipevine | Aristolochia watsonii | Vine | ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Spotted bee balm | Monarda punctata | Small shrub | ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Summertime Blue™ | Eremophila × | Medium shrub | ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Superb penstemon | Penstemon superbus | Perennial | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Sweet lime | Citrus limettioides | Small tree | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Swizzle sticks | Senecio anteuphobium | Succulent/semisucculent | ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Tall slipper plant | Pedilanthus bracteatus | Succulent/semisucculent | ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Tansy aster | Machaeranthera tanacetifolia | Perennial | ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Tesajo | Cylindropuntia cineracea | Succulent/semisucculent | ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Texas barrel cactus | Ferocactus haematacanthus | Succulent/semisucculent | ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Texas betony | Stachys coccinea | Perennial | ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Texas false agave | Hechtia texana | Succulent/semisucculent | ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Texas firecracker bush | Hamelia patens | Medium shrub | ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Texas olive | Cordia boissieri | Tree | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Texas sage | Salvia coccinea | Perennial | ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Thelocactus | Thelocactus hexadrophorus | Succulent/semisucculent | ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Thornless tiger tongue | Opuntia ellisiana | Succulent/semisucculent | ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Torote | Bursera filicifolia | Medium shrub | ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Torote prieto | Bursera laxiflora | Medium shrub | ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Torote prieto | Bursera hindsiana | Medium shrub | ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Totempole cactus | Pachycereus schottii fa. monstrosus | Succulent/semisucculent | ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Trailing indigo bush | Dalea greggii | Ground cover | ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Trailing russelia | Russelia furfuracea | Ground cover | ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Tree morningglory | Ipomoea arborescens | Small tree | ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Triangleleaf bursage | Ambrosia deltoidea | Small shrub | |
![]() | ![]() | Tufted evening primrose | Oenothera caespitosa | Perennial | ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Tuna colorada | Opuntia stenopetala | Succulent/semisucculent | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Valeriana del monte | Dyschoriste hirsutissima | Perennial | ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Violet prickly pear | Opuntia gosseliniana | Succulent/semisucculent | ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Wax spurge | Euphorbia antisyphilitica | Succulent/semisucculent | |
![]() | ![]() | Western soapberry | Sapindus drummondii | Tree | ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | White gaura | Gaura lindheimeri - white | Perennial | ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | White needle flower | Justicia longii | Perennial | ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | White orchid tree | Bauhinia aculeata | Small tree | ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | White queen's wreath | Antigonon leptopus - white | Vine | ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | White sage | Salvia apiana | Medium shrub | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | White spurge | Euphorbia xanti | Succulent/semisucculent | ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | White-veined Dutchman's pipe | Aristolochia fimbriata | Vining groundcover | ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Wild cotton | Gossypium thurberi | Medium shrub | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Wright Thimblehead | Hymenothrix wrightii | Perennial | ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Yellow bells | Tecoma stans | Large shrub | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Yellow chuparosa | Justicia californica - yellow | Medium shrub | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Yellow evening primrose | Calylophus hartwegii | Ground cover | ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Yellow hesperaloe | Hesperaloe parviflora | Succulent/semisucculent | |
![]() | ![]() | Yellow lantana | Lantana camara hybrid | Small shrub | ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Yellow rain lily | Zephyranthes sulphurea | Bulb | ![]() |
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