Plant Library

01 Annuals
02 Herbs
04 Perennials
10 Shrubs
13 Shrubs Fruit
11 Shrub Roses
06 Trees
07 Trees Fruit
03 Vegetables
14 Vines Fruit
12 Shrubs Vine
16 Bagged & Bulk
15 Fall Plants
05 Minnesota Natives
08 Evergreens
17 Lawn & Yard
09 Evergreen Shrubs

Monkey Flower

Common Name: Monkey Flower

Botanical Name: Mimulus ringens

Variety: N/A

Blossom Color: Purple

Bloom Time: Jun-Sep

Zone: 3 to 9

Exposure: Sun or Part Shade

Mature Height: 12-24"

Mature Width: 12-24"

Notes: Minnesota native. Called Monkey Flower because of the blooms' resemblance to a monkey's face, this typical wetlands plant needs consistently moist soils. It will slowly spread into an attractive, bushy plant, in a landscape setting. The small, purplish-blue flowers occasionally tend toward pink or white. Monkey Flower will a month or more in mid-summer.