Mimulus ringens, Monkey Flower

Soft lilac-purple blossoms brighten the edges of ponds and rain gardens through summer’s long days, their playful faces opening wide to welcome bees and butterflies. This native wildflower thrives where soil stays moist—along streambanks, in wet meadows, or nestled within a rain garden’s edge.

Despite its delicate look, Allegheny Monkey Flower is remarkably hardy, returning each year with quiet resilience. Its blooms shimmer in the sunlight and add a gentle charm to water’s edge plantings, offering nectar to pollinators and beauty to every landscape that honors the rhythm of native wetlands.