{"id":3489,"date":"2020-07-10T00:32:48","date_gmt":"2020-07-10T00:32:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/oaktownnursery.com\/?p=3489"},"modified":"2020-07-11T01:03:16","modified_gmt":"2020-07-11T01:03:16","slug":"sticky-monkeyflower","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oaktownnursery.com\/index.php\/2020\/07\/10\/sticky-monkeyflower\/","title":{"rendered":"STICKY MONKEYFLOWER"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">S<\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">ticky <\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">or bush <\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">monkeyflower <\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><i>Diplacus aurantiacus <\/i><\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">is so common in our area that<\/span><\/span><\/strong> <strong><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">most of the time, we<\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"> barely notic<\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">e<\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"> it. But this time of year, when <\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">t<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">he kaleidoscope of spring has <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">begun to <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">settl<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">e<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"> its relentless <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">color shift <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">the <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">monkeyflower <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">provides<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"> a<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"> bit of warm sparkle<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">M<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">ost commonly seen in coastal scrub,<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><i> <\/i><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">i<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">t also grows in<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"> chaparral, oak woodland<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">s<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong> <strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">and<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong> <strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">mixed evergreen forest<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">s<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">. Natural<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">ly occurring <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">populations occupy a variety of habitats <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">from full sun blasted rocky <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">slopes<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"> to the dappled shade beneath oaks and conifers. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Known to many as <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">a <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><i>Mimulus,<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong> <strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">sticky monkeyflower <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">was <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">un<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">t<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">il<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"> recently <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">classified<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"> in the formerly large figwort <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">or snapdragon <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">family. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">With<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"> the illumination of genetic differences, t<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">he <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">f<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">igwort family got <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">split up<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">What was <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">fa<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">miliar and<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong> <strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">observable to the eye got r<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">eclassified according to genetic evidence. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Our <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">woody <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">monkey flower<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">s <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">were placed in<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"> their own genus <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><i>Diplacus <\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">in<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong> <strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">th<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">e <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><i>Phrymaceae <\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">or <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Lopseed <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">family<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">M<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">any of the other well known plants with s<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">na<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">pdragon like flowers got placed in <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">the <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><i>Plantaginaceae<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong> <strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">or plantain family. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong> <strong><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">As to the common name, <\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">someone somewhere along the way saw the two lobes at the top of the flower tube <\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">a<\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">s monkey ears. To my eye it could just as easily be called <\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">sticky <\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">bunny <\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">or bush bear<\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">flowe<\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">r.<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">The flower tube <\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">or corolla<\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"> is <\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">formed by<\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"> 5 <\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">fused<\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"> petals<\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">. <\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">The lobes,<\/span><\/span><\/strong> <strong><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">two on top and three on bottom, <\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">are often deeply notched or<\/span><\/span><\/strong> <strong><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">fringed.<\/span><\/span><\/strong> <strong><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">When healthy, this exuberant shrub<\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"> bloom<\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">s<\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"> prolifically from late winter through mid-summer. <\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">The <\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">throat of the <\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">flower<\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"> displays prominent nectar guide<\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">s,<\/span><\/span><\/strong> <strong><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">often<\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"> in a different color,<\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"> as<\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"> a<\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"> visual aid for pollinators. <\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">The flower <\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">color <\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">of <\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">t<\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">he wild type is in the light yellow to light orange <\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">range<\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">. <\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Evergreen, s<\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">ticky, lance shaped<\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"> leaves <\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">with in-rolled margins <\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">line brittle stems. <\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">It<\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"> can range in size <\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">from 1 to 4 feet tall <\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">by as <\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">wide. <\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">D<\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">epending upon individual gene expression and cultural conditions <\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">monkeyflower<\/span><\/span><\/strong> <strong><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">can be upright, mounded, or sprawling. <\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Bush monkeyflower is n<\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">ot fussy about soil type but<\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">, <\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">good drainage is <\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">essentia<\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">l.<\/span><\/span><\/strong> <strong><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">W<\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">ell adapted to our arid western climate, <\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">this member of the local flora<\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"> go<\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">es<\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"> into a semi-dormant state <\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">as the soil dries up<\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">. <\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">If your plant is on irrigation, be sure to <\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">taper and <\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">turn off the water allowing <\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">it<\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"> to follow <\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">its<\/span><\/span><\/strong> <strong><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">normal cycle of summer dormancy.<\/span><\/span><\/strong> <strong><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Continuous summer water will<\/span><\/span><\/strong> <strong><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">encourage <\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">root<\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">-rotting pathogens <\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">which will<\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"> eventually kill the plant. <\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">For a tidy appearance, once <\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">it<\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"> is done blooming, prune back the stem ends leaving a few inches of the current year&#8217;s <\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">wood<\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">. <\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">T<\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">his <\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">has the added benefit of<\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"> stimulat<\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">ing<\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"> vigorous <\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">new <\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">shoots<\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"> the following season. <\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">During the active growth phase, p<\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-family: 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Sticky <\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">monkeyflower has a neat tr<\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">i<\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">ck of <\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">quickly <\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">closing its <\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">two-part <\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">stigma <\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">when<\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"> touched. 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If pollen was introduced the <\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">stigma<\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"> stays closed, if no pollen was introduced <\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">it<\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"> reopens. <\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">A helpful sign for <\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">horticulturalist<\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">s<\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"> doing cross breeding. <\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">In the <\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">nursery<\/span><\/span><\/strong> <strong><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">trade, <\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">hybrids <\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">include a wide range of flower colors, bi-colors, flower size and frilliness. Hybrid flower colors range from <\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">snow-<\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">white <\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">to bright yellows, shades of orange, fire-engine r<\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">ed, <\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">through <\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">burgundy<\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">, <\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">and even <\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">pink.<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">In these first weeks of summer <\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">bush<\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"> mon<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">key<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">flower continues to bloom even though many of the other flowering plants are done showing off. In grassland areas the perennial bunch grasses have flowered and dropped their seed. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">L<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">ate<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">r<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong> <strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">blooming California<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong> <strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">fuchsia, goldenrod and aster<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"> are just beginning to show themselves. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">The summer swing of things is always entertaining. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Last week <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">while camping <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">I w<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, 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