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Downy Painted Cup in the GardenTags plant encyclopedia

Castilleja sessiliflora

 

Downy Painted Cup

A soft, leafy perennial, 6-10 in. tall, often several-stemmed. Large but inconspicuous yellow (sometimes pinkish) flowers and green bracts, tinged with pink or red, form dense spikes. A hairy plant with clustered stems and yellow to pinkish bracts and flowers with corollas protruding like long, pale, curved beaks.In very dry areas with poor soil, this species forms diminutive tufts; where soil and moisture are better, plants are taller and more open.

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plant Features
  • Downy Painted Cup likes full sun

    Full sun

  • Downy Painted Cup likes very little water

    Very little water

  • Downy Painted Cup is full frost hardy: 5f (-15°c)

    Full Frost Hardy: 5F (-15°C)

  • Downy Painted Cup likes light to medium

    Light to medium

 
plant information

Common name

Downy Painted Cup

Latin name

Castilleja sessiliflora

type

Perennial Flowering plant

family

Scrophulariaceae

ph

7.0 - 8.0 Acid - Neutral

  • Light

    Downy Painted Cup likes full sun

    Full sun

  • Frost

    Downy Painted Cup is full frost hardy: 5f (-15°c)

    Full Frost Hardy: 5F (-15°C)

  • Soil

    Downy Painted Cup likes light to medium

    Light to medium

  • Water

    Downy Painted Cup likes very little water

    Very little water

Plant & bloom calendar

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    Best time to plant

full grown dimensions

The size of a fully grown Downy Painted Cup is 0.25meters x 0.26meters 0.25 M 0.26 M

Castilleja sessiliflora

A soft, leafy perennial, 6-10 in. tall, often several-stemmed. Large but inconspicuous yellow (sometimes pinkish) flowers and green bracts, tinged with pink or red, form dense spikes. A hairy plant with clustered stems and yellow to pinkish bracts and flowers with corollas protruding like long, pale, curved beaks.In very dry areas with poor soil, this species forms diminutive tufts; where soil and moisture are better, plants are taller and more open.


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