Mesa Seed & StartPlant list, fall 2026
Availability changes every Saturday. Quantities are small, usually ten to forty pots per species.
| Plant | Size | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Desert marigold | 1 gal | $7 | Blooms nearly year-round; reseeds freely in gravel. |
| Brittlebush | 1 gal | $8 | Silver mound, yellow flowers in March. No summer water. |
| Parry's penstemon | 4 in | $5 | Hummingbird magnet. Sow in fall, blooms second spring. |
| Chuparosa | 1 gal | $9 | Red tubular flowers through winter; frost tender below 25 F. |
| Fairy duster | 1 gal | $9 | Pink puffs in spring, light shade tolerant. |
| Globe mallow | 1 gal | $7 | Orange is standard; we also carry a pink seed strain. |
| Desert milkweed | 1 gal | $11 | Host plant for queens and monarchs. Slow from seed. |
| Blue palo verde | 5 gal | $34 | Grown in tall pots so the taproot is never circled. |
| Velvet mesquite | 5 gal | $36 | From seed collected along the Salt River, 2025. |
| Ocotillo | seedling, 4 in | $12 | Seed grown, not dug. Three years to the size of a pencil. |
| Desert lavender | 1 gal | $10 | Bees all winter. Wants a warm wall. |
| Arizona poppy | seed packet | $3 | Summer monsoon annual. Sow in June, water once. |