Red Hot Poker Plant Pruning Uk
Red Hot Poker
Kniphofia 'Atlanta'
Common Name: Red Hot Poker
Genus:Kniphofia
Cultivar: 'Atlanta'
Named after Johan Hieronymus Kniphof, a German Professor of Medicine.
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Category: Perennials
Growth Rate: Average
Features: Good for wildlife
Red Hot Poker Plants Red hot pokers are popular, easy to grow perennial plants that are widely known for their striking flowers atop tall, strong stems. Also known as torch lilies and kniphofia, these hardy plants also provide great structure with their long, blade like foliage. Cultivation notes. Red-hot pokers make rewarding and often long-lived garden plants. Their distinctively-shaped blooms are among the most spectacular of hardy flowers, and their long season means that by careful plant choice gardeners can enjoy them between spring and late autumn.
Kniphofia 'Alcazar' (Red hot poker 'Alcazar') will reach a height of 1.5m and a spread of 1m after 2-5 years. Architectural, City, Coastal, Cottage/Informal, Beds and borders, Low Maintenance, Mediterranean. Plant in fertile, loamy soil or sandy soil enriched with humus. Dislikes chalky soils. The striking red hot poker plant (Kniphofia uvaria) is in the Liliaceae family and is also known as poker plant and torch lily. This plant thrives in USDA zones 5 through 9 and is an upright evergreen perennial with a clumping habit.
Transplanting Red Hot Poker Plants
| Hardiness: Hardy | Height: 1.30 m (130 cm) |
| Sun/Shade: Full sun or Partial shade | Spread: 1.00 m (100 cm) |
| Foliage Type: Evergreen | Flower Colour: Cream, Red, Orange, Yellow |
| Foliage Colour: Green | Flowering Period: July & August |
Soil Type: Normal/Loam
Soil Moisture: Moist, but well drained
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Compared to a normal Red-Hot Poker, this new hybrid is a floral dynamo, rapidly forming a tight, healthy clump of spiky leaves and producing delicious spikes of sweet, cream and orange blooms continuously from June to October. Give it a well-drained sunny spot and watch it go!
A fully hardy perennial, ‘Orange Vanilla Popsicle’ puts on a delightful show of bright bloom and it’s a lovely compact Kniphofia that really brightens up the garden as other plants begin to fade. Ideal for small gardens or even patio pots.
Easy to grow and a terrific drought-tolerant garden plant, red hot pokers are an excellent addition to city and coastal gardens and look great in the middle of wildlife borders and gravel gardens - as well as traditional cottage-garden style plantings.
Unlike older varieties of poker, the popsicle series has delightful grassy foliage that remains tidy so does not spoil the display and you don't need to worry about staking as it’s a dwarf variety, and is perfect in borders, pots and containers - great if you really don't have the time to be faffing about.
Adored by butterflies and bees for their nectar and flower arrangers for their style - red hot pokers make lovely cut flowers too!
Supplied as an established plant in a 9cm pot ready for planting out. Flowers June – September with a height and spread of 50cm (20in) x 40cm (16in).