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Products > Mimulus 'Burst Orange' ['Balburanim'] PP29,434   Mimulus 'Burst Orange' ['Balburanim'] PP29,434 - Burst Orange Monkeyflower Note: This plant is not currently for sale. This is an archive page preserved for informational use.   [2nd Image] Habit and Cultural Information Category: Shrub Family: Phrymaceae (previously Scrophulariaceae) Origin: California (U.S.A.) Evergreen: Yes Flower Color: Orange Bloomtime: Year-round Synonyms: [Diplacus] Parentage: (Mimulus aurantiacus hybrid) Height: 1-2 feet Width: 1-2 feet Exposure: Sun or Shade Summer Dry: Yes Irrigation (H2O Info): Low Water Needs Winter Hardiness: 20-25° F Mimulus 'Burst Orange' PP29,434 (Burst Orange Monkeyflower) - A small well-branched mounding shrub that grows to 18 to 24 inches tall and wide with dark green glossy leaves and numerous large (for Mimulus) dark reddish orange flowers with lighter center funnel-shaped flowers that have two lips - the top lip is split once and the bottom lip is split twice resulting in five frilly petal lobes and a light orange-yellow colored throat. Flowers are borne nearly year-round in coastal gardens with peak bloom spring into summer. Plant in full sun to light shade in a well-drained soil. After plants are established, fertilize and water sparingly. It is hardy to about 20 degrees F. This plant is part of Ball Ornamental Plants Burst Monkeyflower Series based on a breeding program conducted by Scott Trees at Ball Horticulture Company with parentage a combination of commercial and wild collected but primarily the very tough Mimulus auranticacus. These plants, first released in 2013, were all selected for their compact well-branching form and large attractive flowers - this series has the very largest flowers - almost twice the size of other Mimulus that we grow. We are also growing another in the series called Burst Berry ['Bosburber'] and are working to get back the nice yellow flowering cultivar Burst Lemon ['Bosburem']. In the newest treatment of the tribe Mimuleae, which includes Diplacus, Mimulus, and Mimetanthe, these plants have been removed from the Figwort family, Scrophulariaceae, and placed with the genus Phryma (previously included in Verbenaceae) into the new family Phrymaceae. The woody species of Mimulus that are the parents of most of the hybrids have been separated into the genus Diplacus in the past, then gone back to Mimulus, but in the current treatment in the UC Berkeley Jepson eFlora all of the woody Mimulus are back in the genus Diplacus. This change has not been accepted by all and not to cause undo confusion for our customers and staff, we continue to use the name Mimulus until such time as this name change is more widely known. The original generic name is from the Latin word 'mimus' meaning "mimic actor" that is derived from the Greek word 'mimos' that means means "imitator" and references the flowers that look like painted faces. The name Diplacus comes from the Greek words 'di' meaning "two" or "double" and 'plax' or 'plakos' meaning "a flat round plate", "tablet" or "broad surface" in reference to the manner in with the fruit capsule splits.  Information displayed on this page about  Mimulus 'Burst Orange' ['Balburanim'] PP29,434 is based on the research conducted about it in our library and from reliable online resources. We also note those observations we have made of this plant as it grows in the nursery's garden and in other gardens, as well how crops have performed in our nursery field. We will incorporate comments we receive from others, and welcome to hear from anyone who may have additional information, particularly if they share any cultural information that would aid others in growing it.     [MORE INFO]