Alameda resident Richard Persoff has devoted 20 years to taming the native bush monkey flower, Mimulus aurantiacus. Although his professional background as a chemist, photographer and insurance ...

Today’s column is about a California native shrub that widely available and a fine addition to the garden. The plant is the Sticky Monkey Flower (Mimulus aurantiacus, or Diplacus aurantiacus). Its ...

, known as the clown flower or, more popularly, monkey flower, is neon bright with a big, fat smile. It takes a childlike imagination to see the monkey in the middle, but you need only good drainage ...

Sometimes we fall into the trap of thinking that California native plants are less colorful and interesting than the great many nonnative options. The genus that proves conclusively that natives can ...

A new species of monkey flower has been found in Scotland, the product of a tryst between two foreign flowers. But this is no ordinary love child. While almost all such hybrids are sterile — just as ...

Are you looking for a plant that has beautiful flowers, supports the local ecosystem, and helps keep deer away? Meet Mimulus (Diplacus) aurantiacus, or the bush monkey flower. This vibrant shrub is a ...

I love monkey flowers with their pretty little faces. There are many species of monkey flower (Mimulus) — some sticky, some not — and of course many hybrids. Their blooms may be red, white, yellow, ...

Until recently I had no idea why they call this pretty little bloomer monkey flower; I thought it deserved better. Some people say if you squeeze the bottom of the bloom, the flower opens and closes, ...

If you happen upon the sidewalk along the Sequoia Park Zoo on W Street in Eureka, take a good look at the bright orange flowers tucked in amongst the other native shrubs. This is the sticky monkey ...

BEAVER ISLAND, MI – Michigan’s rarest wildflower is the Michigan monkey flower, and it can be found growing farther upstream than ever before in an unnamed creek on the east side of Beaver Island. The ...

Monkey-flowers of various species are putting on an excellent display this month around San Diego. Look for these low, shrublike plants with their tubular flowers wherever native vegetation clothes ...