![]() Photo Credit 3: "meadow paintbrush, Castilleja miniata subsp. Photo Credit 2: "Castilleja miniata" by mmmavocado is licensed under CC BY 2.0 miniata" by Jim Morefield is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 Photo Credit 1: "meadow paintbrush, Castilleja miniata subsp. ![]() Consider buying in multiples to increase the chances of success. With this complicated host dependency, this plant can be challenging to establish. Or, cut back an established host already in your garden and carve a planting hole directly into the host crown. Plant paintbrush in the same hole as its host, trying to gently intermingle the roots. Known hosts include, but are not limited to, Roemer’s fescue, yarrow, Oregon sunshine, thimbleberry, and even some non-native weeds such as oxeye daisy. As a parasite, it needs to plug its root system into the roots of various hosts, extracting nutrients that supplement its growth - without entirely depleting the nutrients from the host plant. Gardening with Giant Red Paintbrush: Since this is both a hummingbird magnet and a larval host plant, Red Paintbrush is best in a pollinator/butterfly garden or meadowscape. Excellent as a cut flower or the broken parks used in decorations. A decoction of seeds has been taken as a cough medicine. Special features & uses: The Gitksan, Nitinaht, and Nlaka'pamux Pacific Northwest peoples have taken a decoction of the entire plant to treat bleeding lungs, sore eyes, and backaches, as a diuretic and as a purgative.Native habitat/range: Common in coastal areas, meadow, moist riverbanks, and alpine forests from Alaska to California and east to the Rocky Mountains and Ontario, Canada.Wildlife support: attracts and supports hummingbirds, host plant to several species of native butterflies and moth larva.Growth rate/ease: moderate growth rate, difficult to cultivate.Moisture requirements: moist to dry soil.Light requirements: full sun to part shade.Size at maturity: 8"-32" tall, eventually forming clumps ranging in size.Plant type/canopy layer: deciduous, perennial, herbaceous plant. ![]() Its summer-blooming flower heads stand 1-2ft tall and range from deep red, to pink, and even yellow-orange - yet most of what we see are actually showy bracts obscuring hundreds of tiny, hidden flowers beneath. This stunning wildflower is truly one of a kind adored by hummingbirds, a larval host plant for many species of native butterflies and moths - plus, it’s parasitic (WOW)! It requires an appropriate host to survive and can be challenging to cultivate (see detailed info below). The XL bandpot is a slightly smaller plant, but will be co-potted with a host species (yet to be determined, customers will not know what the mystery additional host plant will be until pick-up). Bracts are greenish turning red at tips.NOTE - we are offering two sizes the 3.5" pot and the XL bandpot. Leaves are lance-shaped and flat compared to other Paintbrushes. Stems are hairy but the leaves are only hairy underneath. Location: Cerro Grande Trail, Jemez Mountains, NM It differs from other Paintbrushes by being an annual and liking wet places.ĪKA: Arizona Paintbrush, Rincon Indian Paintbrush Grows to 32" tall with un-branched stems. The bracts are often divided into three deep lobes.ĪKA: Annual Paintbrush, Marsh Indian Paintbrush Colors range from salmon to orange to red. Leaves are broad compared to Wyoming Paintbrush. Stems and leaves can be green to purplish. It is not as bright red as the other Paintbrushes. Grows over 2 feet tall with very narrow leaves. Leaves are narrow, hairy underneath but not on top. It has large, bright bracts which are not divided or lobed and are covered with fine, white hairs. Habitat: Pinyon-juniper and ponderosa woodlandsĬan grow to 20" but is usually shorter. The bracts are narrow, hairy and folded.ĪKA: Foothills Paintbrush, Broadbract Paintbrush Habitat: Dry, gravelly meadows and slopesīlooms early in clumps with velvety, purplish stems and leaves. See also Rosy Paintbrush and Sulphur Paintbrush.ĪKA: Crimson Paintbrush, Northwestern Indian Paintbrush The flowers are a narrow, green-yellow tube. What appears to be flowers, the paintbrush, are actually leaf-like bracts. Leaves, location and habitat help to differentiate. Paintbrush species are easily recognized but can be difficult to identify.
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