How to Grow and Care for Bush monkeyflowers

Sticky monkey-flower (Diplacus aurantiacus) is a flowering plant species native to North America, that is often cultivated as an ornamental plant. Sticky monkey-flower grows most prevalently on the western coast of the United States and is a common sight in California and Oregon.

Dwarf purple monkeyflower (Diplacus nanus) is an annual plant that is native to western North America. It blooms in spring and summer and produces a long tubular flower with a wide opening. It’s an important food source for hummingbirds.

Desert monkeyflower, or Bigelow's monkeyflower, (Diplacus bigelovii) is an annual plant from the southwestern United States. It grows in desert and dry slope habitats. The leaves and stem are covered in short hairs. In particularly dry environments, the edges of the leaves will appear purplish.

Kellogg's monkeyflower is a wild, annual herb that can be found blooming in the early spring season. Its preferred habitat is steep, disturbed areas in its native range of California and Oregon.

Diplacus fremontii is an annual herb with a thin stem growing 1 to 20 centimeters tall. The oval leaves are up to 3 centimeters long, the ones higher on the plant hairy in texture. The tubular base of the flower is encapsulated in a wide, ribbed, hairy calyx of sepals with pointed lobes. The corolla of the flower is reddish-purple with a darker pink throat with a yellow spot.