An excellent Red Hot Poker for city gardens and other small places as it is shorter and tidier than most varieties.
Coral red and yellow flower spikes are produced from early through late summer . The tough leaves are ignored by deer and rabbits, but the brightly colored, tubular flowers are loved by hummingbirds and butterflies.
This variety has proven to be one of the hardiest in the UK and it has come through every winter here since we started growing it 5 or 6 years ago.
Height and Spread: 50cm x 50cm
Kniphofia have been grown in Britain since the mid-eighteenth century when they were introduced from the high elevations of South Africa's Drakensberg Mountains. They prefer full sun and any soil which doesn't stay dry for prolonged periods.
Common name(s): Red Hot Poker; Torch Lily; Club Lily.
All our plants are supplied in 9cm pots unless otherwise specified. Plants in this size pot establish quickly in the garden and often outpace plants in bigger pots planted at the same time. Our potted plants can be planted immediately, unless otherwise noted, or you can leave them in their pots until you are ready to plant.
The majority of our plants are grown outdoors. This means that they follow their natural growth patterns and are ready to plant at any time of the year. If you order the plants in winter, they are likely to be dormant and died back to ground level, ready to shoot again in spring - just like the herbaceous perennials in your own garden. Very occasionally, in winter and early spring, we may indicate on the packing slip that a plant needs to be hardened off before planting out. This will be because it has just come out of a polytunnel. If you have any questions about our plants or growing methods, please feel free to drop us an email.
We grow most of what we sell ourselves, in our nursery in the Buckinghamshire countryside. Our prices include VAT at 20%.
Please note: We do our best to provide acurate photographs of the plants we sell, but colours display differently on different screens, printers and in different light and we cannot guarantee that what you are seeing on your screen, or on the plant label provided, will exactly match the plant when it flowers in your garden. Plant dimensions are given as a guide only and the actual sizes reached may vary from garden to garden, depending on local conditions.
