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Light Requirements: full sun/part shade

Soil Moisture: medium/wet

Bloom Color: lilac-purple

Bloom Time: June-August

Height: 1-3 ft.

Root Structure: rhizomes

Deer Resistant? Yes

Black Walnut tolerant? Not sure

Grown from local seed? No

New York Flora Distribution Map

Monkey Flower (Mimulus ringens)

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I'm a native of New York state and Tompkins County, NY.

I need consistently moist soils. I like swampy areas, moist woods, wet meadows, stream and pond banks.

My bloom is suppose to look like a smiling monkey face, which is where my common name comes from. I guess you’ll have to decide if that’s true.

I work well in raingardens.

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