Topanga monkey flower (Diplacus longiflorus) Phoenix AZ
- City: Phoenix
- State: Arizona
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Topanga monkey flower (Diplacus longiflorus) from Topanga CA-native, water efficient, drought tolerant, zero maintenance beautiful plant. For a limited time you can have a beautiful monkey flower plants from Topanga Canyon. Topanga monkey grows on slopes under CA native trees such as oak (Quercus agrifolia), black walnut, and others. It also grows on north slopes, mixed with sage (Salvia leucophylla, Salvia apiana), Sage brush (Artemisia californica), Rhus laurina and Arctostaphylos glauca on the south slopes. Our monkey plants grow under oaks and CA black wallnuts in full and part shade and have done fine for more than 15 years. The monkey flower is great for a bird a butterfly and bee garden. These plants are named for their funny-face-flowers that look like grinning Monkeys. The genus Mimulus is named for the Latin mimus, a comic actor or mime. Topanga monkey flower's foliage color is green and the flowers are large and deep orange. Beautiful cut flowers. It is beautiful addition to enhance flower beds and landscaping. The plants are naturally, organically grown (fertilizers and chemicals free) in beautiful area of Topanga canyon. Bring your pots and pick up the plants of your choice. We help to choose and pack your plants. For a limited time you can buy: One Gallon plant for $ 7.99 5 gallon for $14.99 The offer is good through 12/29/18 We are not a nursery or business people. We are regular family with 3 adopted cats looking for a good home for our plants. Interesting facts: Mimulus species tend to concentrate sodium chloride and other salts absorbed from the soils in which they grow in their leaves and stem tissues. Native Americans and early travelers in the American West used this plant as a salt substitute to flavor wild game. The entire plant is edible, but reported to be very salty and bitter unless well cooked. The juice squeezed from the plant's foliage was used as a soothing poultice for minor burns and skin irritations (Tilford, G. L. Edible and Medicinal Plants of the West. ISBN 0-878).
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