- You will get 401+ Seeds of Monkey Flower Seeds. - Seller Notes: “Mimulus ringens. U.S. Grown seed. Tested 1/23-Germination 92%. Packed 1/23.”. - Planting Time: Perennial. - Soil Type: Clay, Loam, Peat, Sand. - Life Cycle: Perennial. - USDA Hardiness Zone (°F): 3 (-40 to -30 °F). - Soil pH: Neutral. - Watering: Medium. - Sunlight: Partial Shade, Full Sun, Medium Sun. - Monkey Flower-The common name comes from the flowers' resemblance to a monkey's face. Typical of wetlands and shady woodlands, this plant needs consistently moist soils and will slowly spread into a bushy plant, attractive in a landscape setting. These are a long lived perennial and get about 2 ft tall and about 1-2 ft wide. The purplish-blue small flowers can sometimes verge on pink or white and will bloom for 1 month or more in mid-summer. Caution-These seeds are very, very small. 400+seeds per order. - Some American Native Wildflower seeds need to go through a cold winter to germinate. This plant is one of them. They do this so the seed won’t sprout in fall, only to have the seedling not make it through a cold winter. I have stratified these seeds to simulate a cold winter(stratification) This raises the germination rate considerably. Thanks for looking!!. - Mimulus ringens. - Perennial. - Full sun / Part sun. - Seeds are very small. - Soil temp 68F+. - SOW- Press 3/4 seeds per into soil, don't cover, they need light to germinate. About 12" apart. Keep moist. - Germination 7-14 Days. - Monkey Flowers need moist, damp soil. - Blooms mid-summer. Flowers are purplish/blue to light pink.