Botanical Name: Diplacus longiflorus
Common Name: Southern bush monkey flower
Type of Plant: dicot: shrub
Character evergreen
 
Habit of Growth:
Overall Shape a low-growing, loosely-branched plant with ascending-spreading stems forming an irregular to rounded shrub
Height 2' - 3'
Spread equal or more
Growth Rate slow-moderate
 
Environment:
Exposure full sun thrives in sunny coastal foothill habitats
Soil tolerates most except wet, poorly-drained sites
Hardiness hardy (zones 18-24): best in warm locations
 
Morphology:
Leaves pinnate, opposite, oblong or lanceolate; bright green, 1"-2" long, with glandular-hairy surfaces
Flowers variable in color: orange-yellow, or pale salmon to almost white; trumpet-shaped, in loose terminal clusters; spring
Fruit a tiny capsule
 
Propagation:
seed or softwood cuttings
 
Usage:
best as a low filler for informal gardens - valued for its profuse display of flowers
 
Landscape Care:
Watering a periodic deep-soaking after established - tolerates summer irrigation
Fertilizing little needed after establishment
Pruning head back and thin after blooming to enhance shape
Pests/Diseases relatively free
Special Conditions/Other several cultivars have been developed from this species
 
Origin: coastal foothills of Southern California
Family: Scrophulariaceae

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