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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 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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | White-veined Dutchman's pipe | Aristolochia fimbriata | Vining groundcover |  |
| | 'Mission San Borja' heritage grape | Vitis species | Vine |   |
| | Passion flower | Passiflora mexicana | Vine | |
| | Tomate de guajolote | Passiflora (foetida) arizonica | Vine | |
| | Pipevine | Aristolochia quercitorum | Vine | |
| | 'Mission San Antonio' heritage grape | Vitis species | Vine | |
| | Calico flower | Aristolochia littoralis | Vine | |
| | Edible passion fruit | Passiflora edulis | Vine |  |
| | Passion fruit | Passiflora arida | Vine | |
| | Southwestern pipevine | Aristolochia watsonii | Vine | |
| | Baja Red queen's wreath | Antigonon leptopus | Vine |  |
| | 'Incense' passion vine | Passiflora incarnata× P. cincinnata | Vine | |
| | Guaregui | Ibervillea sonorae | Vine | |
| | Clustervine | Jacquemontia pringlei | Vine | |
| | 'Mission San Gabriel' heritage grape | Vitis species | Vine | |
| | Desert ironwood tree | Olneya tesota | Tree | |
| | Kidneywood | Eysenhardtia orthocarpa | Tree | |
| | Velvet mesquite | Prosopis velutina | Tree | |
| | Desert willow | Chilopsis linearis | Tree | |
| | Smoke tree | Psorothamnus spinosus | Tree | |
| | Foothill palo verde | Parkinsonia microphylla | Tree | |
| | Texas olive | Cordia boissieri | Tree | |
| | Arizona cypress | Cupressus arizonica | Tree | |
| | Green-flowered bromel | Deuterocchonia brevifolia | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Night-blooming cereus | Peniocereus greggii | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Smooth prickly pear | Opuntia phaeacantha var. laevis | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | African milk tree | Euphorbia trigonis | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Sonoran staghorn cholla | Cylindropuntia thurberi | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Texas barrel cactus | Ferocactus haematacanthus | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Tesajo | Cylindropuntia tesajo | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Golden fishhook barrel | Ferocactus wislizeni fa. flavispina | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Sonoran nopal | Opuntia puberula | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Santa Rita prickly pear | Opuntia santa-rita | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Tuna colorada | Opuntia stenopetala | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Cardon | Pachycereus pringlei | Succulent/semisucculent |  |
| | Slipper flower | Pedilanthus macrocarpus | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Tall slipper plant | Pedilanthus bracteatus | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Toothless desert spoon | Dasylirion quadrangulatum | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Waxy spurge | Euphorbia ceroderma | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Desert spoon | Dasylirion texanum | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Nopal | Opuntia wilcoxii | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Wax spurge | Euphorbia antisyphilitica | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Long-spined prickly pear | Opuntia macrocentra | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Dwarf beavertail prickly pear | Opuntia basilaris | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Texas false agave | Hechtia texana | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Pink Parade® | Hesperaloe × | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Brake Lights® crimson yucca | Hesperaloe × | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | 'Buttercup' hesperaloe | Hesperaloe × | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Night-blooming hesperaloe | Hesperaloe nocturna | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Desert Flamenco® | Hesperaloe parviflora | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Yellow hesperaloe | Hesperaloe parviflora | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Hummingbird pincushion cactus | Mammillaria poselgeri | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Ladyfinger cactus | Mammillaria elongata | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Lophocereus schottii fa. spiralis | Succulent/semisucculent | | |
| | Totempole cactus | Lophocereus schottii fa. monstrosus | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Senita | Lophocereus schottii | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Moon cactus | Harrisia pomanensis | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Snake cactus | Morengaya pensilis | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Devil's club cholla | Grusonia invicta | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Violet prickly pear | Opuntia gosseliniana | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Rock fig | Ficus petiolaris | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Boojum | Fouquieria columnaris | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Mexican tree ocotillo | Fouquieria macdougalii | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Mexican bottle tree | Fouquieria purpusii | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Ocotillo | Fouquieria splendens | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Hummingbird nopal | Nopalaea karwinskiana | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Devil's shoestring | Nolina texana | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Beargrass | Nolina microcarpa | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Candelabra cactus | Myrtillocactus geometrizans | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Cochal | Myrtillocactus cochal | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Club cholla | Grusonia emoryi | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Agave cactus | Leuchtenbergia principis | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Pine cone cactus | Tephrocactus articulatus | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Agave univitata variegata | Succulent/semisucculent | | |
| | Hohokam agave | Agave murpheyi | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Twin-flowered agave | Agave geminiflora | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Red hesperaloe | Hesperaloe parviflora | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Maguey | Agave subsimplex | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Rodney' (variegated) Murphey agave | Agave murpheyi | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Parry agave | Agave parryi var. truncata | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Shindagger | Agave schottii | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Baseball bat | Sanseveria | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Slender totem pole cactus | Lophocereus schottii fa. mieckleyanus | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Sina volador | Selenicereus vagens | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Queen Victoria agave | Agave victoria-reginae | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Octopus agave | Agave vilmoriniana | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Desert agave | Agave deserti var. simplex | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Mountain yucca | Yucca madrensis | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Minature prickly pear | Tacinga inamoena | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Torch cactus hybrids | Trichocereus × | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Arizona agave | Agave arizonica | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Diamond cholla | Cylindropuntia ramosissima | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Coastal cholla | Cylindropuntia prolifera | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | White spurge | Euphorbia xanti | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Sand cholla | Corynopuntia marenae | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Dahlia-rooted cereus | Peniocereus striatus | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Hybrid silver torch | Cleistocactus hyalacanthus × | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Candle cactus | Cleistocactus candelilla | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Casa de rata | Echinocereus brandegeei | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | 'Red Cow' agave | Agave colorata × bovicornuta | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Saguaro | Carnegiea gigantea | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Mexican night-blooming cereus | Peniocereus serpentinus | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Tree morning glory | Ipomoea arborescens | Small tree | |
| | 'Goodwin Homestead' heritage quince | Cydonia oblonga | Small tree | |
| | 'Magdelena' heritage loquat | Eriobotrya japonica | Small tree | |
| | 'Five Points' heritage pomegranate | Punica granatum | Small tree | |
| | 'Mission Tumacacori' heritage pomegranate | Punica granatum | Small tree | |
| | 'Garcia Camp' heritage pomagranate | Punica granatum | Small tree | |
| | Seville orange | Citrus × aurantium | Small tree | |
| | 'Mission San Antonio' heritage pomegranate | Punica granatum | Small tree | |
| | White orchid tree | Bauhinia aculeata | Small tree | |
| | Heritage sweet lime | Citrus limettioides | Small tree | |
| | 'Mission San Luis Obispo' heritage pomagranate | Punica granatum | Small tree | |
| | Felger crownbeard | Verbesina felgeri | Small shrub | |
| | Blackfoot daisy | Melampodium leucanthum | Small shrub | |
| | Angelita daisy | Tetraneuris acaulis | Small shrub | |
| | Gold lantana | Lantana camara × | Small shrub | |
| | Pyramid bush | Melochia tomentosa | Small shrub | |
| | Paper flower | Psilostrophe cooperi | Small shrub | |
| | Lavender spice | Poliomintha maderensis | Small shrub | |
| | Coral fountain | Russelia equisetiformis | Small shrub | |
| | Purple sage | Salvia dorrii | Small shrub | |
| | Red autumn sage | Salvia greggii | Small shrub | |
| | Mohave sage | Salvia mohavensis | Small shrub | |
| | 'May Night' sage | Salvia nemarosa | Small shrub | |
| | Rose sage | Salvia pachyphylla | Small shrub | |
| | West Texas grass sage | Salvia reptans | Small shrub | |
| | Scallopleaf sage | Salvia vaseyi | Small shrub | |
| | Slimpod senna | Senna hirsuta var. glaberrima | Small shrub | |
| | Desert mallow | Sphaeralcea ambigua | Small shrub | |
| | Purple autumn sage | Salvia greggii × | Small shrub | |
| | Caliche globe mallow | Sphaeralcea laxa | Small shrub | |
| | Mountain marigold | Tagetes lemmonii | Small shrub | |
| | Mexican tarragon | Tagetes lucida | Small shrub | |
| | Summer Snow™ plumbago | Plumbago scandens | Small shrub | |
| | Narrow-leaf milkweed | Asclepias angustifolia | Small shrub | |
| | Triangleleaf bursage | Ambrosia deltoidea | Small shrub | |
| | Palmer Indian mallow | Abutilon palmeri | Small shrub | |
| | Desert milkweed | Asclepias subulata | Small shrub | |
| | Damianita | Chrysactinia mexicana | Small shrub | |
| | Fairy duster | Calliandra eriophylla | Small shrub | |
| | Airy bachelor's buttons | Gomphrena decumbens | Small shrub | |
| | Button brittlebush | Encelia frutescens | Small shrub | |
| | Red jacobinia | Justicia candicans | Small shrub | |
| | Mexican honeysuckle | Justicia spicigera | Small shrub | |
| | Hollyleaf bursage | Ambrosia lilicifolia | Small shrub | |
| | Baja bursage | Ambrosia bryantii | Small shrub | |
| | Floss flower | Ageratum corymbosum | Small shrub | |
| | Red lantana | Lantana camara × | Small shrub | |
| | Mexican oregano | Lippia graveolens | Small shrub | |
| | Mist flower | Conoclinium dissectum | Perennial | |
| | Superb penstemon | Penstemon superbus | Perennial | |
| | Longneck Ruel | Ruellia nudiflora | Perennial | |
| | Firecracker penstemon | Penstemon eatonii | Perennial | |
| | Mexican blue penstemon | Penstemon amphorellae | Perennial | |
| | Arizona foldwing | Dicliptera resupinata | Perennial | |
| | Chocolate flower | Berlandiera lyrata | Perennial | |
| | PP# 21411 'Ultra Violet' canyon sage | Salvia lycoides × | Perennial | |
| | Sonoran air plant | Tillandsia exserta | Perennial | |
| | Alamos air plant | Tillandsia elizabethae | Perennial | |
| | Sage | Artemisia ludoviciana | Perennial | |
| | Sage | Artemisia ludoviciana ssp. mexicana | Perennial | |
| | Antelope horn milkweed | Asclepias asperula | Perennial | |
| | Day-of-the-dead flower | Symphiotrichum lanceolatum | Perennial | |
| | Horse-tail milkweed | Asclepias subverticillata | Perennial | |
| | Butterfly milkweed | Asclepias tuberosa | Perennial | |
| | Pink skullcap | Scutellaria suffrutescens | Perennial | |
| | Red skullcap | Scutellaria × | Perennial | |
| | Desert fuschia | Epilobium canum | Perennial | |
| | Scarlet bee blossom | Oenothera suffrutescens | Perennial | |
| | Texas betony | Stachys coccinea | Perennial | |
| | Valeriana del monte | Dyschoriste hirsutissima | Perennial | |
| | Blue flax | Linum lewisii | Perennial | |
| | Tansy aster | Machaeranthera tanacetifolia | Perennial | |
| | 'Quitobaquito Springs' heritage fig | Ficus carica | Medium tree | |
| | 'Mission San Antonio' heritage fig | Ficus carica | Medium tree | |
| | 'Santa Ignacio Kino' heritage fig | Ficus carica | Medium tree | |
| | 'Quitovac' heritage fig | Ficus carica | Medium tree | |
| | Feather tree | Lysiloma watsoni | Medium tree | |
| | 'Mission Santa Ines' heritage fig | Ficus carica | Medium tree | |
| | Wild cotton | Gossypium thurberi | Medium shrub | |
| | Salvia 'Pozo Blue' | Salvia leucophylla × S. clevelandii | Medium shrub | |
| | Torote | Bursera filicifolia | Medium shrub | |
| | Torote prieto | Bursera hindsiana | Medium shrub | |
| | Elephant tree | Bursera microphylla | Medium shrub | |
| | Red bird-of-paradise | Caesalpinia pulcherrima | Medium shrub | |
| | Chaparral sage | Salvia clevelandii | Medium shrub | |
| | White sage | Salvia apiana | Medium shrub | |
| | Bee brush | Aloysia gratissima | Medium shrub | |
| | Rio Grande butterfly bush | Buddleja sessiliflora | Medium shrub | |
| | Lemon verbena | Aloysia wrightii | Medium shrub | |
| | Confiturilla grande | Lagascea decipiens | Medium shrub | |
| | Red chuparrosa | Justicia californica | Medium shrub | |
| | Flame bush | Anisacanthus quadrifidus | Medium shrub | |
| | Maximilian sunflower | Helianthus maximiliani | Medium shrub | |
| | Texas firecracker bush | Hamelia patens | Medium shrub | |
| | Fendler globe mallow | Sphaeralcea fendleri | Medium shrub | |
| | Zipehui | Euphorbia californica | Medium shrub | |
| | Desert ruellia | Ruellia peninsularis | Medium shrub | |
| | Baja fairy duster | Calliandra californica | Medium shrub | |
| | St. Elmo's FireTM Red firecracker plant | Russelia × | Medium shrub | |
| | Wild cotton | Gossypium davidsonii | Medium shrub | |
| | Boneset | Chromolaena saggitata | Medium shrub | |
| | Baja plum tree | Cyrtocarpa edulis | Medium shrub | |
| | Pea flower | Dalea pulchra | Medium shrub | |
| | Yellow bird-of-paradise | Erythrostemon gilliesii | Medium shrub | |
| | Aguirre™ turpentine bush | Ericameria laricifolia | Medium shrub | |
| | Coral bean | Erythrina _bidwelii | Medium shrub | |
| | Rabbit brush | Ericameria nauseosus | Medium shrub | |
| | Fragrant mist flower | Chromolaena odorata | Medium shrub | |
| | Skunkbush | Rhus aromatica | Medium shrub | |
| | Chiltepin | Capsicum annuum | Medium shrub | |
| | Southwest coral bean | Erythrina flabelliformis | Medium shrub | |
| | Graythorn | Ziziphus obtusifolia | Large shrub | |
| | Desert olive | Forestiera shrevei | Large shrub | |
| | Orange bells | Tecoma garocha | Large shrub | |
| | Palo prieto | Senna polyantha | Large shrub | |
| | Silver dalea | Dalea bicolor | Large shrub | |
| | 'Orange Jubilee' | Tecoma × | Large shrub | |
| | Crimson Flare® tecoma | Tecoma × | Large shrub | |
| | Solar Flare+C129 orange tecoma | Tecoma × | Large shrub | |
| | Desert lavender | Hyptis (albida) emoryi | Large shrub | |
| | Mexican bush sunflower | Tithonia fruticosa | Large shrub | |
| | Nuevo Leon rosewood | Vauquelinia corymbosa var. heterondon | Large shrub | |
| | Hopbush | Dodonaea viscosa | Large shrub | |
| | Adelia | Adelia obovata | Large shrub | |
| | Creosotebush | Larrea tridentata | Large shrub | |
| | Seep willow | Baccharis salicifolia | Large shrub | |
| | Santa Rita acacia | Mariosousa (Acacia) millefolia | Large shrub | |
| | Guayacán | Guaiacum coulteri | Large shrub | |
| | Screwbean mesquite | Prosopis pubescens | Large shrub | |
| | Little-leaf cordia | Cordia parvifolia | Large shrub | |
| | Button bush | Cephalanthus occidentalis | Large shrub | |
| | Arrowweed | Pluchea sericea | Large shrub | |
| | Mexican bird-of-paradise | Caesalpinia mexicana | Large shrub | |
| | Catclaw acacia | Senegalia greggii | Large shrub | |
| | Sugar sumac | Rhus ovata | Large shrub | |
| | Jojoba | Simmondsia chinensis | Large shrub | |
| | Sonoran nightshade | Solanum hindsianum | Large shrub | |
| | Crucifixion thorn | Canotia holocantha | Large shrub | |
| | Quail bush | Atriplex lentiformis | Large shrub | |
| | Yellow evening primrose | Calylophus hartwegii | Ground cover | |
| | Rasberry FuzziesTM | Acalypha monostachya | Ground cover | |
| | Frog fruit | Phyla nodiflora | Ground cover | |
| | 'Quitobaquito Springs' heritage yerba mansa | Anemopsis californica | Ground cover | |
| | Trailing indigo bush | Dalea greggii | Ground cover | |
| | 'Mission San Antonio' heritage mint | Mentha species | Ground cover | |
| | Bull grass | Muhlenbergia emersleyi | Grass | |
| | Autumn Glow™ | Muhlenbergia lindheimeri | Grass | |
| | Bush muhly | Muhlenbergia porteri | Grass | |
| | Arizona cottontop | Digitaria californica | Grass | |
| | Blue grama | Bouteloua gracilis | Grass | |
| | Side-oats grama | Bouteloua curtipendula | Grass | |
| | False grama | Cathestecum brevifolium | Grass | |
| | Undaunted® ruby grass | Muhlenbergia reverchonii | Grass | |
| | 'Pink Flamingo' | Muhlenbergia × | Grass | |
| | Curly mesquite | Hilaria belangeri | Grass | |
| | White rain lily | Zephyranthes candida | Bulb | |
| | 'Prairie Sunset' coral rain lily | Zephyranthes × | Bulb | |
| | Yellow rain lily | Zephyranthes sulphurea | Bulb | |
| | Hooker evening primrose | Oenothera elata ssp. hookeri | Biennial | |
| | Whitebark acacia | Mariosousa willardiana | ||
| | Scutellaria potosina var. tessellata | |||
| Common Name ↑ ↓ | Botanical Name ↑ ↓ | Form ↑ ↓ | Purpose |