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Phrymaceae
Sharp-wing monkey-flower
Mimulus alatus
Also known as Sharp-winged monkeyflower, Winged monkey-flower, Mimulus alatus, Mimulus alatus var. chandleri
Flowering Plants · Native Plants · Monkey Flower · Native · Wetland · Rain Garden · Pond Edge · Lavender Flowers · Perennial · Shade Tolerant · Hummingbird · Pollinator
Sharp-wing monkey-flower is a native wetland perennial that produces attractive lavender to lilac tubular blooms throughout summer. It thrives in consistently moist to wet soils and is an excellent choice for rain gardens, pond edges, or boggy areas with partial shade. Regular moisture is essential — avoid letting the soil dry out — and the plant will reward you with long-lasting color that attracts hummingbirds and pollinators.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 4 hours
- Watering
- Keep soil consistently moist; water generously and do not allow soil to dry out between waterings · Every 5-7 days
- Maintenance
- Moderate
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 6.2–7.8
- Temperature
- -25°F to 95°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed, Division, Cutting
Hardiness
USDA 4b-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 12 in – 4 ft
- Spread
- 4 ft
- Spacing
- 24 in apart
- Growth rate
- Fast
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- Blue
- Foliage
- Green · Medium
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, District Of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Masachusettes, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Jersey
- Attracts
- Bees, Hummingbirds, Butterflies
Sources: trefle, usda
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