Mimulus guttatus
Yellow Monkey Flower
This one lives by the waterfall in the front yard pond.
This one
has true weed potential. From a single two inch
pot has erupted into a carpet of plants that cover a two
square foot area with no soil - a spontaneous hydroponic.
From that single innocent plant above last summer to this in a single season - BEWARE!
04/29/2005 - first blooms open.
It's going to be beautiful in bloom, but without
control
it'll take over the entire pond in 3 seasons.
The Great Collapse - 05/06/2005
The whole group of plants spontaneously laid down flat and dipped their faces in
the pond. The tips are curving upward once again, but the effect is rather different