In remembrance of paintbrush lost

[Lori S.]

Sorry, Trond, I didn't see your question.  Well, we get only 40 cm of precipitation a year here, and a lot of that runs off in the spring melt while the ground is still frozen.  In the wild, they grow with a huge amount of competition, as well, so I would say they don't really need a great deal of moisture.

[Toole]

Some old pics --feb 2005 of Castilleja miniata i raised from seed --host plant was a NZ native Arthropodium candidum.

Placed under cover during winter to cope with our wet conditions it flowered for a total of 3 seasons .Its demise   came about when i attempted to increase it by dividing the caudex ? which had become quite wide.
Have tried a number of different sps since then--some false starts but nothing reached flowering 

Cheers dave.
 

[Lori S.]

Very nice, Dave, and from googling just now, Arthropodium candidum looks quite nice too!

Here's a particularly vividly-coloured C. miniata from the front yard.

[Toole]

Lovely colouring Lori.

If you ever want seed of the Arthropodium just let me know --i have the purple /bronze form.

Cheers dave.