Diplacus puniceus - Red monkey flower

Red monkey flower (Diplacus puniceus) is a two-foot evergreen shrub of coastal Southern California, grown as a hummingbird and butterfly plant for its red, azalea-like flowers that bloom most of spring and summer.¹ It grows 0.5-1 m tall and 0.3-0.5 m wide.¹

Inputs

• Hardiness zone 9¹
• Hardiness zone 10¹
• Semi-shade¹
• Well drained soil¹

Type

• Shrub
• Evergreen

Functions

• Flammable²
• Attracting beneficial insects¹
• Wildlife habitat¹

Dimension	At maturity
Height (m)	0.5-1
Diameter (m)	0.3-0.5

Footnotes

1. Diplacus puniceus, Red Monkey Flower | Las Pilitas Nursery Native Plant Database ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵ ↩⁶ ↩⁷ ↩⁸

2. Leaf burn times of California native plants, Las Pilitas Nursery, 2005 propane-torch ignition trial, live-leaf ignition time 3 seconds ↩