About
This bushy, branching tender perennial, often used as an annual, reaching a height of up to 23cm. Flowers are all colours, from oranges, and yellows to reds and pinks and bloom throughout summer. Leaves are mid-green, small, oval and slightly serrated.
About the genus
Mimulus can be annuals, perennials or evergreen shrubs, with paired leaves and 2-lipped tubular or trumpet-shaped flowers in terminal racemes or in the leaf axils
Plant details
Height0.1-0.5 metres
Spread0.1-0.5 metres
Suggested usesMixed borders, hedging, foundation planting.
Care notes
CultivationGrow in fertile, humus-rich, moist soil in full sun or light dappled shade. Suitable for bog gardens
PruningCut back after flowering
PropagationPropagate by seed or division in spring
Pest resistanceMay be susceptible to damage by slugs and snail
Disease resistanceMay be susceptible to powdery mildews, especially young plants