50+ Mimulus Orange Flower Seeds-MIMULUS AURANTIACUS-Monkey Flower-Angel Tiger Eye Flower- Mimulus Hybridus-Funnel Shaped Annual -B371
Description:
This is an adorable little compact flower that produces an abundance of wonderful, funnel-shaped, bright orange flowers with attractive speckled centers. Each bloom consists of five frilly petals, and the bloom season lasts from late spring until frost. The light green, slightly serrated foliage is also very attractive. The Monkey Flower plant is great for the front of the border, containers, or baskets. In hotter climates, Orange Mimulus will prefer afternoon shade. Monkey Flower care includes not letting the plant dry out and an application of balanced fertilizer will help its bloom production.
Orange Monkey Flower plants are very easy to grow and very rewarding! Mimulus Orange Flower is divine Beauty! Grown from Mimulus seeds, this annual is a small shrub-like flower that only grows 6 - 8 inches in height and a little wider. The orange funnel-shaped flowers have two lips - the top lip is split once and the bottom lip is split twice resulting in five frilly petal lobes.
Mimulus is also known as Monkey Flower because the flower resembles the face of a monkey. Monkey Flower care includes deadheading the spent blooms to prolong the bloom season. Mimulus Monkey Flower will self-seed, and it often will come back the next year from the Mimulus flower seed that it drops. These wonderful flowers bloom early to late summer. Mimulus does best in sun or light shade, it does not like to dry out, and it performs best with an application of a balanced fertilizer.
Growing:
Grow Mimulus seeds indoors 6 - 8 weeks before the end of frost season. Press the flower seeds into the soil but do not cover. Transplant Mimulus seedlings outdoors after danger of frost has passed 6 - 8 inches apart. From Mimulus flower seed to blooming plant in 8 - 10 weeks.
Season: Annual
Hardiness Zones: 3 - 10
Height: 6 - 8 inches
Bloom Season: Summer and fall
Bloom Color: Red
Soil Type: Moist, pH 5.6 - 7.5
Temperature: 68 - 72 F (20-22 C)
Average Germ Time: 7 - 14 days
Light Required: Yes
Depth: Do not cover the seed but press into the soil
Sowing Rate: 2 - 3 seeds per plant
Moisture: Keep seed moist until germination
Plant Spacing: 6 - 8 inches
