Scarlet Monkey Flower
Mimulus cardinalis. SCROPHULARIACEAE.
Planting and Growing Scarlet Monkey Flower
You’ll find everything you need to know to plant and grow scarlet monkey flower in the accompanying table’s tabs:
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- Flowers, foliage, and root structure of scarlet monkey flower
- Plant hardiness and growing conditions for scarlet monkey flower
- Season of bloom and planting time for scarlet monkey flower
- When, how deep, and where to plant scarlet monkey flower
- How to plant scarlet monkey flower
- Watering, fertilizing, care, and pests or diseases of scarlet monkey flower
- Landscape and container uses of scarlet monkey flower
- Comments about scarlet monkey flower and its features
Growing Scarlet Monkey Flower
Several cultivars of upright, branching, deciduous perennial herbs, to 4 ft. (1.2 m) tall. Opposite, sticky, textured, light green, oval, pointed, toothed leaves, to 4-1/2-in. (11-cm) long.
Hybrid monkey flower, Mimulus X hibridus, include many choices of hybrid cultivars with similar care needs.
Planting and Care Guide
Blooms
Many orange, scarlet, yellow, tubular or trumpet-shaped, 2-lipped flowers, to 2 in. (50 mm) wide, in late spring–autumn.
Best Climates
Semi-hardy. Plant as annual, zones 2–5; ground hardy, zones 6–11.
Soil Type and Fertility
Wet to moist, well-drained humus or, in water features, shallow-depth marginal or shoreline sites. Fertility: Rich. 6.0–8.0 pH.
Where and How to Plant
Spring in full sun to partial shade, 2 ft. (60 cm) apart, after soil warms.
Proper Care
Easy. Keep evenly moist. Fertilize monthly. Prune roots to control growth. Protect from wind. Propagate by cuttings, division, seed.
About This Plant
Good choice for accents, edgings in natural, shade, wildlife, woodland gardens and water feature shorelines. Attracts hummingbirds. Pest and disease resistant.