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Mimulus ringens - MONKEY FLOWER
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MIM-RIN-X
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Moisture loving, native perennial with cute lilac-blue flowers in the summer.
Ideal plant for rain gardens, moist spots, banks of your pond, up to a shallow standing water or can be tucked in flower bed with medium-average moisture, especially on heavy soils that hold moisture well.
Blooming Time: from June for about 4+ weeks, with sporadic blooming up to September
Size: usually 2' tall and 0.75-1' wide (sometimes can reach 3')
USDA Zones: 3 to 9
Culture: full sun, half,any soil that stays moist, wet, or doesn't tend to dry out easily. Soil of any pH, waterlogged soil, clay.
Moisture Needs: medium to wet
Origin: this wetland wildflower is native to many states of the USA and Canada (see the BONAP distribution map). Can be found on moist, wet, boggy and waterlogged soils, ditches, floodplains, wet meadows etc.
Deer/Rabbit Resistant: yes / yes
Attracts Butterflies or Pollinators: bumblebees are the main pollinators. Host plant for caterpillars of Chalcedony Midget Moth), and Buckeye Butterfly, sometimes even Baltimore Butterfly, (feed on the foliage).
Attracts Hummingbirds: no
Pot Size: square 3.5" x 4" deep perennial pot
Plant combinations: Ideal for rain gardens, swales, moist spots, water garden, banks, ponds, shallow water, water margins. Good companions are moisture loving perennials like Acorus, Amsonia, Aster novae-angliae, Baptisia, Boltonia, Caltha palustris, Chelone, Eupatoriums, Geum, Helenium, herbaceous Hibiscus (and hybrids of these), Iris (I. virginica, I. versicolor, I. sibirica, I. pseudata, I. x louisiana, etc), Filipendula, Liatris pycnostachya, Lobelia, Lysimachia, Lythrum alatum, Pakera aurea, Phlox paniculata, Physostegia, Solidago rugosa, Solidago uliginosa, Verbena hastata and many sedges (Carex), and grasses like Deschampsia, Hakonechloa, Molinia (tall and short ones), Panicum.
Picture copyright: Fritzflohrreynolds, Commons Wikipedia
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Mimulus ringens - MONKEY FLOWER
$8.99
Moisture loving, native perennial with cute lilac-blue flowers in the summer.
Ideal plant for rain gardens, moist spots, banks of your pond, up to a shallow standing water or can be tucked in flower bed with medium-average moisture, especially on heavy soils that hold moisture well.
Blooming Time: from June for about 4+ weeks, with sporadic blooming up to September
Size: usually 2' tall and 0.75-1' wide (sometimes can reach 3')
USDA Zones: 3 to 9
Culture: full sun, half,any soil that stays moist, wet, or doesn't tend to dry out easily. Soil of any pH, waterlogged soil, clay.
Moisture Needs: medium to wet
Origin: this wetland wildflower is native to many states of the USA and Canada (see the BONAP distribution map). Can be found on moist, wet, boggy and waterlogged soils, ditches, floodplains, wet meadows etc.
Deer/Rabbit Resistant: yes / yes
Attracts Butterflies or Pollinators: bumblebees are the main pollinators. Host plant for caterpillars of Chalcedony Midget Moth), and Buckeye Butterfly, sometimes even Baltimore Butterfly, (feed on the foliage).
Attracts Hummingbirds: no
Pot Size: square 3.5" x 4" deep perennial pot
Plant combinations: Ideal for rain gardens, swales, moist spots, water garden, banks, ponds, shallow water, water margins. Good companions are moisture loving perennials like Acorus, Amsonia, Aster novae-angliae, Baptisia, Boltonia, Caltha palustris, Chelone, Eupatoriums, Geum, Helenium, herbaceous Hibiscus (and hybrids of these), Iris (I. virginica, I. versicolor, I. sibirica, I. pseudata, I. x louisiana, etc), Filipendula, Liatris pycnostachya, Lobelia, Lysimachia, Lythrum alatum, Pakera aurea, Phlox paniculata, Physostegia, Solidago rugosa, Solidago uliginosa, Verbena hastata and many sedges (Carex), and grasses like Deschampsia, Hakonechloa, Molinia (tall and short ones), Panicum.
Picture copyright: Fritzflohrreynolds, Commons Wikipedia
