Botanical Name: Mimulus puniceus (Diplacus puniceus)
Common Name: Monkey Flower
Type of Plant: dicot: shrub
Character evergreen
 
Habit of Growth:
Overall Shape a loosely constructed low shrub, with slender ascending and spreading stems forming an open mounding or sprawling shape
Height 1' - 3' (4')
Spread equal or more
Growth Rate moderate
 
Environment:
Exposure outdoors thrives in full sun locations; tolerates some shade inland but will not bloom as profusely
Soil tolerates most, including well-drained clay
Hardiness hardy (zones 7-9, 14-24): best suited to warm coastal foothill habitats
 
Morphology:
Leaves pinnate, opposite, narrowly elliptic, 1-2" long; bright green, somewhat sticky, deeply furrowed on upper surface, strongly revolute margins
Flowers orange-red, funnel-shaped, bilaterally symmetrical; 1"-2" long, either single or in axillary clusters; April - June, intermittent
Fruit a capsule; small, papery
 
Propagation:
seed or semi-hardwood cutting
 
Usage:
valued for informal borders or as a low filler for its profuse display of flowers (attract hummingbirds); used in seed mixes for stabilizing slopes
 
Landscape Care:
Watering thrives with occasional deep irrigation; can tolerate both drought and frequent irrigation (if drainage is good)
Fertilizing little is needed after establishment
Pruning head back in summer or early fall to promote new flowering wood and a fuller shape
Pests/Diseases relatively free; root rot in poorly drained clay
Special Conditions/Other the plants hybridize easily
 
Origin: Orange and Riverside Counties to Northern Baja
Family: Scrophulariaceae

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