MIMULUS

Monkey Flower. Hardy perennial



This flower will grow in almost any soil, although a moist retentive

loam and a shady situation are best adapted for it. There are many

varieties, differing in height, and all are worth growing, both in pots

and borders. If sown in February or March, and treated as greenhouse

annuals, they will flower in the first year. It is easy to raise a large

number of plants in a cold frame, and they make a rich display in

borders and beds later in the year. Sowings in the open ground during

summer will supply plants for blooming in the following season, but the

most satisfactory course is to grow them as annuals, and at the end of

the summer consign them to the waste heap. The Mimulus is quite hardy,

and the most ordinary care will suffice for it. Water in plenty it must

have, or the flowering period will be curtailed.



The well-known Musk is a Mimulus (M. moschatus), and is as easily

grown from seed as other varieties. It makes a valuable pot plant.