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Mimulus aurantiacus
Bush Monkey Flower
Notes

Uses: A perennial herb for mixed beds, borders and rockeries. Will go dormant over extended hot periods.
Requires well-drained soils and does not like to be over watered, not suited to permanent irrigation. Attracts nectar eating birds and butterflies.

  • Height 0.2-0.6m
  • Spread 1-2m
  • Position
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  • Family Scrophulariaceae
  • Botanical Name Mimulus aurantiacus
  • Common Name Bush Monkey Flower
  • Origin southwest North America
  • Habit Spreading, Rounded, Multi-branched
  • Landscape Footslopes, Hills
  • Soil Texture Clay, Loam, Sand
  • pH Acidic, Alkaline, Neutral
  • Tolerates Drought, Moderate frost
  • Supplementary Watering Minimal
  • Flower Colour Gold, Orange
  • Flowering Time Spring, Summer
  • Flower Type Trumpet
  • Purpose Ornamental, Habitat
  • Evergreen/Deciduous Evergreen
  • Form Low shrub (Up to 1.2m)