![]() ![]() To germinate seeds, put them on a damp paper towel or dampened planting mix. The chill causes the seed covering to crack. Seeds need chilling before they will germinate. You can collect the seed and start seedlings in early spring, or you can buy seed. Monkey flowers form a seed pod when the flowers have finished blooming. You can find many images of monkey flowers online and information about each variety. After a few months, replant in a larger pot with potting soil and place in part sun. If you tug gently and feel resistance, your cutting has rooted. The cutting should root in about two months. Strip off the bottom leaves and put the stem in a moist growing medium. Cut off a healthy growing tip 4 to 6 inches long. Monkey flowers can be propagated from cuttings. It blooms over a long period and overwinters well in a pot. This variety dies down during winter but reseeds easily within the confines of the pot.Īnother variety that I really like is ‘Pamela.' It is yellow with white trim around each petal. The upper petals are violet pink and the lower petal is white with pink dots. ![]() One of my favorites is ‘Spunky Monkey' (Mimulusnaiandinus ‘Mega'). These bloom in a variety of colors, and some are hybrids. I also have non-sticky monkeys in pots, and they are all doing well as they receive regular water. The ones in the ground have mostly yellow and light-orange flowers. I will see how this approach works next year. Perhaps if I had kept them pruned closer to the ground and cut the dead wood back, the heat wave would not have affected them quite as much. They had not had water since the last rain. I noted lots of dead wood on the monkey flowers but they still had leaves on the tips. In the midst of a recent heat wave, I walked around to take a look at my plants. Once established, they do well without summer water. These are native to southern Oregon, California and Baja California. The so-called sticky monkey flowers have leaves with a sticky feel to them, and they sort of grab you. Their blooms may be red, white, yellow, orange or pink. There are many species of monkey flower (Mimulus)-some sticky, some not-and of course many hybrids. I love monkey flowers with their pretty little faces. ![]()
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