NAME: Twinkle Red Monkey Flower

SCIENTIFIC NAME: Mimulus Hybridus Twinkle Red

COLOR: Red

PLANT SEEDS: Outdoors after frost / Indoors weeks before last frost

BLOOM TIME: Early Summer - Fall

HARDINESS ZONE: N/A (but reseeds itself easily, so it acts like a perennial in all zones)

PLANT HEIGHT: 6 - 8"

PLANT SPACING: 6 - 8"

LIGHT REQUIREMENTS: Sun - Part Shade

SOIL & WATER PREFERENCES: Average

QUANTITY: 100 Seeds

OTHER: The Monkey flower gets its nickname because its gloxinia or snapdragon-like flowers look like the face of a smiling monkey. Bumble bees delight in rolling around inside these flowers. The red blossoms are very showy and exotic looking. Monkey Flowers can easily be grown in containers, but prefer moist soil to dry soil. I love growing Monkey Flowers. Because they are an annual, they bloom all summer long, but they reseed themselves and come back every year on their own, so you get the best of both worlds!