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.
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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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | | Chain-fruit cholla | Cilindropuntia fulgida |  | |
| | velvet-pod mimosa | Mimosa dysocarpa |  | |
| | Rockdaisy | Perityle emori | Annual subshrub |  |
| | Purple Three-awn | Aristida purpurea | Grass | |
| | Bamboo muhly | Muhlenbergia dumosa | Grass | |
| | Deer grass | Muhlenbergia rigens | Grass | |
| | Frog fruit | Phyla nodiflora | Ground cover | |
| | False-indigo bush | Amorpha fruticosa | Large shrub |  |
| | Quail bush | Atriplex lentiformis | Large shrub | |
| | Seep willow | Baccharis salicifolia | Large shrub | |
| | Texasplume | Bauhinia lunaroides | Large shrub | |
| | Desert bird of paradise | Caesalpinia mexicana | Large shrub | |
| | Desert hackberry | Celtis pallida | Large shrub | |
| | Hopbush | Dodonaea viscosa | Large shrub | |
| | Desert lavender | Hyptis emoryi | Large shrub |  |
| | sangrengado | Jatropha cuneata | Large shrub | |
| | Creosotebush | Larrea tridentata | Large shrub | |
| | Wolfberry | Lycium brevipes | Large shrub | |
| | Milfoil prickle-free | Mariosousa millefolia | Large shrub | |
| | Arrowweed | Pluchea serricea | Large shrub | |
| | Catclaw acacia | Senegalia greggi | Large shrub | |
| | Jojoba | Simmondsia chinensis | Large shrub | |
| | Sonoran nightshade | Solanum hindsianum | Large shrub | |
| | Chapacolor | Stegnosperma halimifolium | Large shrub | |
| | Yellow bells | Tecoma stans | Large shrub | |
| | trans-pecos false acacia | Vachellia vernicosa | Large shrub | |
| | Pata de Cabra | Bauhinia pringlii | Large shrub/ small tree | |
| | 'Garcia Camp' heritage pomegranate | Punica granatum 'Garcia Camp' | Large shrub/small tree | |
| | 'Quitoboquito Springs' heritage pomegranate | Punica granatum 'Quitoboquito' | Large shrub/small tree | |
| | Bee brush | Aloysia gratissima | Medium shrub | |
| | Flame bush | Anisacanthus quadrifidus | Medium shrub | |
| | Chihuahuan brickellbush | Brickellia floribunda | Medium shrub | |
| | Elephant tree | Bursera microphylla | Medium shrub | |
| | Red bird-of-paradise | Caesalpinia pulcherrima | Medium shrub |  |
| | Baja fairy duster | Calliandra californica | Medium shrub | |
| | Chiltepin wild and cultivated varieties | Capsicum annuum | Medium shrub | |
| | Various cultivars | Capsicum annuum | Medium shrub | |
| | Ahi Limon and others | Capsicum baccatum | Medium shrub | |
| | Habanero and others | Capsicum chinense | Medium shrub | |
| | Fragrant mist flower | Chromolaena odorata | Medium shrub | |
| | Bush verbena | Citharexylum flabelliformis | Medium shrub | |
| | Brittlebush | Encelia farinosa | Medium shrub | |
| | Turpentine bush | Ericameria laricifolia | Medium shrub | |
| | Southwest coral bean | Erythrina flabelliformis | Medium shrub | |
| | Baja snapdragon | Gambelia juncea | Medium shrub | |
| | Wright silktassel | Garrya wrightii | Medium shrub | |
| | Texas firecracker bush | Hamelia patens | Medium shrub | |
| | Chuparosa | Justicia californica | Medium shrub | |
| | Confiturilla | Lagascea decipiens | Medium shrub | |
| | Baja elephant tree | Pachycormus discolor | Medium shrub | |
| | Kearney's sumac | Rhus kearneyi | Medium shrub | |
| | Littleleaf sumac | Rhus microphylla | Medium shrub | |
| | Desert ruellia | Ruellia peninsularis | Medium shrub | |
| | Chaparral sage | Salvia clevelandii | Medium shrub | |
| | Darcy's Mexican sage | Salvia darcyii | Medium shrub | |
| | Skeleton-leaf goldeneye | Viguieria stenoloba | Medium shrub | |
| | Floriferous desert willow | Chilopsis linearis | Medium tree | |
| | Sosa Carrillo heritage fig | Ficus carica | Medium tree | |
| | Desert marigold | Baileya multiradiata | Perennial | |
| | Goodding verbena | Glandularia gooddingii | Perennial | |
| | Papalotillo | Guardiola platyphylla | Perennial | |
| | Siskiyou pink | Gaura lindheimeri - rose | Perennial | |
| | Firecracker penstemon | Penstemon eatoni | Perennial | |
| | Parry penstemon | Penstemon parryi | Perennial | |
| | Canyon penstemon | Penstemon pseudospectabilis | Perennial | |
| | Superb penstemon | Penstemon superbus | Perennial | |
| | Longneck ruel | Ruellia nudiflora | Perennial | |
| | Texas betony | Stachys coccinea | Perennial | |
| | Day-of-the-dead flower | Symphiotrichum lanceolatum | Perennial | |
| | Sonoran air plant | Tillandsia exserta | Perennial | |
| | Tacinga | Tacinga inamoena Marlon's dwarf | Small cactus | |
| | Palmer Indian mallow | Abutilon palmeri | Small shrub | |
| | baja ragweed | Ambrosia bryantii | Small shrub | |
| | Triangleleaf bursage | Ambrosia deltoidea | Small shrub | |
| | Narrow-leaf milkweed | Asclepias angustifolia | Small shrub | |
| | Desert milkweed | Asclepias subulata | Small shrub | |
| | Butterfly milkweed | Asclepias tuberosa | Small shrub | |
| | Damianita | Chrysactinia mexicana | Small shrub | |
| | bat-faced cuphea | Cuphea llavea | Small shrub | |
| | Flattop buckwheat | Eriogonum fasciculatum | Small shrub | |
| | Zipehui | Euphorbia californica | Small shrub | |
| | Red jacobinia | Justicia candicans | Small shrub | |
| | Pyramid bush | Melochia tomentosa | Small shrub | |
| | Guayule | Parthenium argentatum | Small shrub | |
| | Mariola | Parthenium incanum | Small shrub | |
| | Summer Snow™ plumbago | Plumbago scandens | Small shrub | |
| | autumn sage | Salvia greggii | Small shrub | |
| | Mexican bush sage | Salvia leucantha | Small shrub | |
| | Velvet leaf senna | Senna lindheimeriana | Small shrub | |
| | Baja senna | Senna polyantha | Small shrub | |
| | Desert mallow | Sphaeralcea ambigua | Small shrub | |
| | Angelita daisy | Tetraneuris (Hymenoxys) acaulis | Small shrub | |
| | Dogweed | Thymophylla pentachaeta | Small shrub | |
| | Boneset | Chromolaena sagitatta | Small shrub/spreading | |
| | Kidneywood | Eysenhardrtia Orthocarpa | Small Tree | |
| | wild cotton | Gossypium thurberi | Small tree | |
| | Not known | Lippia formosa | Small tree | |
| | Feather tree | Lysiloma divericatum | Small tree | |
| | burrobush | Ambrosia dumosa | Subshrub | |
| | Valeriana del Monte | Dyschoriste hirsutissima | Subshrub | |
| | SantaCatalina Burstwort | Hermannia pauciflora | Subshrub | |
| | hofmeisteria | Hofmeisteria crassifolia | Subshrub | |
| | Palmers penstemon | Penstemon palmeri | Subshrub | |
| | Desert zinnia | Zinnia acerosa | Subshrub | |
| | Chocolate flower | Berlandiera lyrata | Subshrub/groundcover | |
| | Cowhorn agave | Agave bovicornuta | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Parry agave | Agave parryi var. parryi | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Octopus agave | Agave vilmoriniana | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Christmas Cholla | cylindropuntia leptocaulis | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Diamond cholla | Cylindropuntia ramosissima | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Green desert spoon | Dasylirion acrotrichum | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Smooth Desert Spoon | Dasylirion longissima | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Desert spoon | Dasylirion wheeleri | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Emory Barrel | Ferocactus emoryi | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | biznaga | Ferocactus latispinus | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | santa maria barrel | Ferocactus santa-maria | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Rock fig | Ficus petiolaris | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Giant hesperaloe | Hesperaloe funifera | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Night-blooming hesperaloe | Hesperaloe nocturna | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Red Yucca | Hesperaloe parviflora | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Snake cactus | Morengaya pensilis | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Beargrass | Nolina microcarpa | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Hummingbird nopal | Nopalaea karwinskiana | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Prickly pear | Opuntia bravoana | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Old Mexico prickly pear | Opuntia gomei 'Old Mexico' | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Violet prickly pear | Opuntia gosseliniana | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Tuna colorada | Opuntia stenopetala | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Hecho | Pachycereus pecten-arboriginum | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Totempole cactus | Lophocereus schottii fa. monstrosus | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Swizzle sticks | Senecio anteuphobium | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Glory of Texas | Thelocactus bicolor | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Arizona ash | Fraxinus velutina | Tree | |
| | Desert ironwood tree | Olneya tesota | Tree | |
| | blue palo verde | Parkinsonia florida | Tree | |
| | Velvet mesquite | Prosopis velutina | Tree | |
| | Pink queen's wreath | Antigonon leptopus | Vine | |
| | Yellow orchid vine | Callaeum macropterum | Vine | |
| | Drummond's clematis | Clematis drummondii | Vine | |
| | Guereque | Ibervillea sonorae | Vine | |
| | Purple bush bean | Macroptilium atropurpureum | Vine | |
| | morning glory vine | Merremia dissecta | Vine | |
| | Passion fruit | Passiflora arida | Vine | |
| Common Name ↑ ↓ | Botanical Name ↑ ↓ | Form ↑ ↓ | Purpose |