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