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Size
Growing conditions
Colour & scent
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Position
Aspect
Exposure
Botanical details
- Family
- Phrymaceae
- Native to GB / Ireland
- No
- 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
- Name status
Correct
- Plant range
- Western N America
How to grow
Cultivation
Grow in fertile, humus-rich, very moist soil in full sun or light dappled shade
Propagation
Propagate by seed sown in spring
Pruning
Cut back after flowering
Pests
Generally pest-free
Diseases
Generally disease-free
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