Mimulus

I've often thought about sowing annual mimulus but then read that it likes damp conditions and discounted it because I'm on stony flinty dry soil.  Now my pal who does not garden has a couple of pots of yellow and orange mimulus on her quite sheltered patio that she says come back every year.  When I asked if she did anything special with them she just looked at me quizzically and asked 'like what?'  So she gave me a small root of each and they are now filling 8" pots in the GH.  Common sense says they'll be ok in there over winter without much attention,  what's your opinion?   Are there different  varieties, i.e. annual and perennial?

I have the wild one - Monkeyflower - its yellow. Grows like a weed, self seeds freely.
Can't remember how to link a post on here but photos at
Garden And Gossip Forums Flowers and Ornamentals All about Flowers and Ornamentals Can you identify this flower and a leaf?

I have the wild one - Monkeyflower - its yellow. Grows like a weed, self seeds freely.
Can't remember how to link a post on here but photos at
Garden And Gossip Forums  Flowers and Ornamentals  All about Flowers and Ornamentals  Can you identify this flower and a leaf?

I remember it well.  Mine are lower growing than yours, but when they're grown up they may be bigger.  I have high hopes of having lots next year.

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Back to mimulus again. My gifted orange and yellow ones started as small plants in 2" pots, they now fill 8" pots. I'm tempted to prick out a few seedlings for eventually moving into the border. Question: will I regret planting these in the border? Will they be like bluebells and grape hyacinths and take over the world?

I've come to the conclusion my mimulus are the rockery version. Low growing and very floriferous. They are starting to flower now in mid May and even the babies have flower buds, notwithstanding that they've been outside in all the cold nights. If anyone wants any babies or seed (I'm not sure whether they set seed though) just say. I will take pics as they bloom properly.

I'm struggling to weed out that wild one I mentioned earlier - that one sets seed and fires them everywhere.
Don't know about yours, JJB. If you like it, its not a problem.

I'm struggling to weed out that wild one I mentioned earlier - that one sets seed and fires them everywhere.
Don't know about yours, JJB. If you like it, its not a problem.

Maybe I'll regret giving it a home.  We'll find out in time