Southern Bush Monkeyflower
Diplacus longiflorus
A sticky-foliaged California chaparral subshrub draped in showy, ruffled trumpet flowers ranging from apricot-orange to cream from spring into summer. Custom-built for hummingbirds and native bees, thriving on dry, rocky slopes in full sun or light shade.
- Family
- Phrymaceae
- Type
- shrub
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 2–4 ft
- Spacing
- 2–4 ft apart
- Light
- part shade
- Soil moisture
- dry
- Soil pH
- neutral
- Bloom
- March, April, May, June, July
- Bloom colors
- white, orange, yellow
- Wildlife value
- pollinators, hummingbirds, butterflies, larval host
- Landscape uses
- foundation
- Native states
- CA