About
Mimulus lewisii, the great purple monkey flower, is an erect, sticky-hairy perennial producing lance-shaped leaves and showy, two-lipped, rose-pink to purple-pink flowers to 5 cm across all summer. A beautiful and rewarding monkey flower for a moist, sunny border or streamside planting.
About the genus
Mimulus, the monkey flowers, are annuals, perennials and evergreen shrubs with paired leaves and two-lipped, tubular or trumpet-shaped flowers in a wide range of colours, often spotted or blotched, in spring and summer. Grown in moist, sunny or partly shaded borders and pond margins.
Plant details
Height0.1-0.5 metres
Spread0.1-0.5 metres
Suggested usesMixed borders, hedging, foundation planting.
Native toWestern N America
Care notes
CultivationGrow in fertile, humus-rich, very moist soil in full sun or light dappled shade
PruningCut back after flowering
PropagationPropagate by seed sown in spring
Pest resistanceGenerally pest-free
Disease resistanceGenerally disease-free