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Bi-Annual Plant Sale
The Desert Botanical Garden Plant Sale Festival, held twice a year in March and October, is a one-stop shopping experience featuring the largest variety of arid-adapted plants available in one location. Garden volunteers and horticulturists are on hand to answer questions, assist in plant selections and offer advice.
Sale Dates/Times
Please check periodically as dates/times are updated as the sale approaches.
Fall 2012
- Members Preview Day (Become a member today!) Friday / October 19, 2012
- Open to General Public Saturday - Sunday / October 20 - 21, 2012
Spring 2013
- Members Preview Day (Become a member today!) Friday / March 15, 2013
- Open to General Public - Saturday / March 16-17
Plant Selection
Our selection includes trees, shrubs, perennials, vines, cacti, agaves and much more. View a list of plants generally, but not always, offered at our sales.
We are introduced four new plants at the March 2012 Spring Plant Sale. Check back in October to see what new plants will be introduced at the Fall 2012 Plant Sale Festival.
HESPERALOE PARVIFLORA ‘PERPA’ BRAKELIGHTS® PP# 21729 BRAKELIGHTS® RED YUCCA
 AT A GLANCE SUMMARY
- SIZE (H X W): 2 feet x 2 feet
- FLOWER COLOR: Bright Red
- FLOWER SEASON: Sept-June in Low Deserts
- WATER: Low
- GROWTH: RATE Slow
- HARDINESS: -20º F, USDA Zone 5
- PRUNING: Remove old flower stalks
This selection of Hesperaloe parviflora has traffic-stopping, vivid red flowers and a compact growth habit. It grows slowly to form a two-foot clump of narrow, leathery, blue-green leaves. This tough, low maintenance plant thrives in full sun and reflected heat, and is a durable choice for streetscapes and public spaces. It also shines as a specimen container plant. The species is native to Texas and northern Mexico, and survives in a wide range of climates and soils. The flowers attract hummingbirds.
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Scutellaria Suffrutescens Pink Skullcap
 AT A GLANCE SUMMARY
- SIZE (H X W): <1 Foot x 2-3 Feet
- FLOWER COLOR: Pink
- FLOWER SEASON: Spring - Fall
- EXPOSURE: Full Sun to part shade
- WATER: Low to Moderate
- GROWTH RATE: Moderately fast
- HARDINESS: 0º F, USDA Zone 7
- PRUNING: To Shape
Pink Skullcap makes a great little groundcover for the Southwest! This compact plant will generally grow to about 8” tall by 1-2’wide, possibly a little bigger in the shade. Waves of pink flowers that look like little snapdragons will grace this plant from spring through fall. In the low deserts like Phoenix this plant will do best with some afternoon shade, but does great in full sun elsewhere. Skullcap combines well with other xeriscape plants and will provide a nice change of pace. In colder areas it might need a good hard pruning in the spring to remove frost damaged
foliage.
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Tecoma hybrid ‘Crimson Flare’ ® Crimson Flare ® Esperanza
 AT A GLANCE SUMMARY
- SIZE (H X W): 6-8 feet x 6-8 feet
- FLOWER COLOR: Red
- FLOWER SEASON: Spring - Fall
- EXPOSURE: Full Sun
- WATER: Low to Moderate
- GROWTH RATE: Rapid
- HARDINESS: 15º F, USDA Zone 8
- PRUNING: Prune hard after frost
For several years Mountain State Wholesale Nursery has been breeding Tecomas in the hunt for a red-flowering selection. Crimson Flare® displays clusters of red flowers in the spring and fall, although the summer heat can bleach them to pink. Hummingbirds feast on their nectar. This clone has outstanding deep green foliage, providing a showy backdrop for the red blossoms. Full sun and reflected heat locations are ideal for this heat-loving shrub. Crimson Flare® grows rapidly to a mature size of eight feet tall and wide. Freezing temperatures may burn the foliage, but simply cut plants back hard to rejuvenate in the early spring.
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Tecoma hybrid Solar Flare ® Solar Flare ® Esperanza
 AT A GLANCE SUMMARY
- SIZE (H X W): 4-6 feet x 4-6 feet
- FLOWER COLOR: Bright Tangerine
- FLOWER SEASON: Spring - Fall
- EXPOSURE: Full Sun
- WATER: Low to Moderate
- GROWTH RATE: Rapid
- HARDINESS: 15º F, USDA Zone 8
- PRUNING: Prune hard after frost
For sizzling warm-season color, look no farther than Solar Flare®. Tangy tangerine flowers attract hummingbirds from spring through fall. Full sun and reflected heat locations are ideal for this heat-loving shrub. Solar Flare® grows rapidly to a mature size of six feet tall and wide. Freezing temperatures will burn the foliage , but simply cut plants back hard to rejuvenate in the early spring.
© Copyright by Mountain States Wholesale Nursery 2011 Visit www.mswn.com for more information.
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