Mimulus guttatus
Mimulus guttatus is a charming and cheerful BC native known as the yellow monkey flower popular with bumblebees.
Mimulus guttatus is a charming and cheerful BC native known as the yellow monkey flower. It has large, very showy, bright yellow flowers with red speckles in the throat that are produced in large numbers from spring into summer. Plants will typically grow from 1-3 feet tall depending on the richness of its location. Both annual and rhizomatous/stoloniferous perennial forms of this species exist. Our plants are the perennial form propagated from division. Plant in evenly moist to wet soils in full sun to part shade. Pollinated by native bees, especially bumblebees. Deer resistant. Now known scientifically as Erythranthe guttata.
Common Name: Yellow Monkey Flower
Family: Scrophulariaceae (The Figwort Family)
Zone Hardiness: 6-10
Light: Full Sun, Part Sun, Part Shade
Height: 12-24"
Width: 8-12"
Primary Bloom Colour: Yellow
Secondary Bloom Colour: Red
Bloom Time: Spring - Summer
Foliage Colour: Green
Class: Semi-evergreen
Type: Perennial
Soil Moisture: Moist, Average
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Fragrance: No
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Benefits: Bees
Deer Resistant: Yes
BC Native: Yes
Native Habitat: Wet open sites, including seepage areas, meadows, waterfall spray zones, streambanks, springs, gravel bars, rock ledges and crevices, ditches and clearings in the lowland, steppe, montane and subalpine zones from sea level to 12,000 feet from Alaska and the Yukon south through BC to Mexico.
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